Rapper plans national tour to promote album

In the summer of 2017, Zhou Yan, a rapper from Chongqing, won the first season of online reality show, The Rap of China, produced and broadcast by iQiyi, one of China's largest online streaming websites.

As the show brought the once underground art form of hip-hop music in the spotlight for the first time in the country, Zhou has become one of the biggest hip-hop stars of China.

Known by his stage name, Gai, the 31-year-old soon stands out with his original music and his rapping in the Sichuan dialect.