Higher Brothers has been played on NTS shows including Eastern Margins, with Franklin first played on 4 September 2017.

Higher Brothers are a four-man rap group from China. The members of the group are 马思唯 (MaSiWei), 丁震 (DZ), 杨俊逸 (Psy.P), and 谢宇杰 (Melo).

They blend unique linguistic skills with a modern day rap influence they can only obtain via illegal online methods.

"Listening to rap music, or music from outside of China is a bit difficult in China, we have less resources due to the Chinese firewall. The real famous artists you definitely hear about, but the less known but still dope rappers are harder to hear…