88rising

88rising
Names
Legal name	88RISING, INC.
Other name(s)	CXSHXNLY (former) Bashi Basheng (八诗八声) (Chinese)
General information
Type	Private
Founded	November 18, 2015
Founder	Sean Miyashiro Josh Neuman Jaeson Ma
Location	New York, NY, United States (Headquarters) Shanghai, China
Key people	Sean Miyashiro (CEO) Derek Lin Hsu (CEO in China, COO) Michael Chuthakieo (CRO) David Lee (CFO) Ollie Zhang
Parent company	Warner Music Group (2020-present) 12Tone Music (2019-2020)
Subsidiaries	See below
Distributor(s)	The Orchard (2023-present)
Website
https://88rising.com/
Social media
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88rising (also stylized as 88⬆) is an American record label and mass media company based in New York City, United States, with a division in Shanghai, China. It was founded in 2015 by Sean Miyashiro, Josh Neuman, and Jaeson Ma.

Subsidiaries

• 88rising Music Group (2015)
• 88rising Records (2015)
• 88rising Publishing (2015)
• 88rising Crew (2015)
• 88rising Management (2017)
• 88rising Beverage (2022)
• 88rising FAM (2024)
• Shanghai Yunyun Siguoguo Brand Management Co., Ltd. (2024)

Divisions

• Bashi Basheng (Shanghai) Culture Media Co., Ltd. (2017)

Sub-labels

• Infinite Thrills (2020; 2024)
• ASIA RISING (2020)
• 88INFINITY^(JP) (2021)
• FRESH DELIVERY
• DAYDREAM (2022)
• PLAYGROUND (2022)
• House of Jade (2022)

Joint ventures

• PARADISE RISING^(PH/US) (with Globe Telecom) (2020)
• W8VES (with Bilibili) (2020)
• SEVENATION (with Zhang Yanqi) (2021)
• Sunrise Club (with Tencent) (2021)
• Hypersonic (with Douyin Music Galaxy Project) (2022)
• FLUXGEN (with Dim Mak Records/Steve Aoki) (2023)
• NewSounds Family (with Bilibili) (2023)
• MoonJellies (with NetEase Cloud Music) (2024)
• AKOOLMAN (with Liu Zhang) (2024)

Former

• 88rising China Music Group
• Western And 6th Records^(US) (2020-2022)
• 88rising Radio^(US) (with SiriusXM) (2020-2022)
• Double Happiness Pictures (2019-2022)
• 88rising Touring (2017-2024)

Associated labels

Distribution

• YUPP! Entertainment^(TH) (2024-present)

Artists

88rising's artists are collectively known as 88rising Family or 88 Family.

For a list of FAM artists, go here.

Groups

Higher Brothers (2016-present; inactive) ATARASHII GAKKO!(US) (2020-present) SF4AM(US) (2023-present) no na (2025-present) Duos 88rising Publishing DACEY(US) (2023-present) Soloists josh pan(US) (2015-present) Keith Ape(US) (2015-present; inactive) Rich Brian(US) (2016-present) Joji(US) (2017-present) NIKI(US) (2017-present) Melo (Higher Brothers) (2017-present) Jackson Wang (2019-present) Stephanie Poetri(US) (2019-present) Warren Hue(US) (2020-present) Liu Zhang (2020-present) 1996Montana(US) (2021-present) Zhang Yanqi (2021-present) BIBI(US) (2021-present) Spence Lee(US) (2022-present) Akini Jing (2023-present) ISOxo(US) (2023-present) Knock2(US) (2023-present) Liu Yuxin (2024-present) SAYAK DAS(US) (2024-present) Jake Miller (2024-present; China) AR Liu Fuyang? (2024-present) Wang Ziyi? (2024-present) Zhu Enchi? (2024-present) Jonah Love(US) (2024-present) MILLI(TH/US) (2024-present) yy(US) (2025-present) PISCEE(US) (2025-present) YOUHA (2025-present)

88rising Publishing Holly(US) (2023-present) PIAO(US) (2023-present) fussy(US) (2024-present) suggi(US) (2024-present) DAYDREAM Veegee (2022-present) KUAN (2022-present) Cacien (2022-present) Wang OK (2022-present) Liang Guohao (2022-present) DEREK DALI (2023-present) Yang Yingge? (2024-present) PLAYGROUND Vince (2022-present) Gummy Villain (2022-present) NewSounds Family Bucai Nveg (2023-present) SuperA (2023-present) Hong Yifei (2023-present) Li Kang (2023-present) Mao Yijia (2023-present) Nadira (2023-present) Zheng Yaoyao (2023-present) House of Jade LimboLimbs (SUBKISS) (2024-present) Steve Rocks (2024-present) MoonJellies yuulili (2024-present) Pu Ashan (2024-present)

Former artists

Soloists

• Okasian^(US) (2015)
• Dumbfounded^(US) (2015)
• August 08^(US) (2018-2021)
• Lexie Liu (2018-?)
• Masiwei (Higher Brothers) (2017-?)
• KnowKnow (Higher Brothers) (2017-?)
• PSY.P (Higher Brothers) (2017-2021)
• CHUNG HA^(US) (2020-2023)
• Ylona Garcia^(US) (2021-2023)
• Seori^(US) (2021-2023)
• KAZE (2022-2024)
• LØREN^(US) (2023-2024)

• W8VES
  • Landuo (2020-2021)
  • Zhang Yicheng (2020-2021)
  • Sheng Dai (2020-?)
  • Feezy (2020-2022)
  • Sweet (2020-2022)
  • Ingrita (2020-2022)
  • Chen Jinnan (2020-2023)
  • Adawa (2020-2024)
  • Sha Yiting (2020-2024)

• Sunrise Club
  • Ye Xiaoyue (2021-?)
  • Lin Fan (2021-2023)
  • Jinx Zhou (SUBKISS) (2021-2023)

Discography

Studio albums

Head In The Clouds (2018) Head In The Clouds II (2019) hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚ (2024) EPs Heads In The Clouds Forever (2022) Mr. Enjoy Da Melody (2024) Compilations Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings: The Album (2021) Collaborations "Midsummer Madness" (with Joji, Rich Brian, Higher Brothers, and AUGUST 08) (2018) "Let It Go" (with Higher Brothers, and BlocBoy JB) (2018) "Warpaint " (with NIKI) (2018) "Peach Jam" (with Higher Brothers and BlocBoy JB) (2018) "History" (with Rich Brian) (2018) "Midsummer Madness [KRANE Remix]" (with Joji, Rich Brian, Higher Brothers, AUGUST 08, and KRANE) (2018) "History [Robotaki Remix]" (with Rich Brian and Robotaki) (2018) "Warpaint [Henry Fong Remix]" (with NIKI and Henry Fong) (2018) "Let It Go [MEMBA Remix]" (with Higher Brothers, BlocBoy JB, and MEMBA) (2018) "NIKI Acoustic Sessions: Head in The Clouds II" (with NIKI) (2019) "Indigo" (with NIKI) (2019) "Just Used Music Again" (with RHYME SO) (2019) "These Nights" (with Rich Brian and Chung Ha) (2019) "Midsummer Madness 20" (with Joji, Rich Brian, Higher Brothers, and AUGUST 08) (2020) "Freaks" (with ATARASHII GAKKO! and Warren Hue) (2021) "Too Many Tears" (with Warren Hue) (2021) "California" (with Warren Hue) (2021) "California [Acoustic Live Version]" (with Warren Hue) (2021) "California [Remix]" (with Warren Hue and Jackson Wang) (2021) "Don't Go Changing" (with Ylona Garcia) (2021) "The Weekend" (with BIBI) (2021) "Split" (with NIKI) (2021) "The Weekend - Remix" (with BIBI and 347aidan) (2021) "The Weekend - MILLI Remix" (with Warren Hue and MILLI) (2022) "Mind Games" (with MILLI and Jackson Wang) (2022) "WORLD STOP TURNING" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Rich Brian, Zion.T, and Warren Hue) (2023)

"MiNt cHoCoLaTe" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, BADBADNOTGOOD, Westside Gunn, and Conway the Machine) (2023) "rUN tHE FaDE" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE and Eyedress) (2024) "LiGhT rAiLs *ੈ✩‧₊˚" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Rick Ross, and Rich Brian) (2024) "SLOPES" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Offset, and Warren Hue) (2024) "silence STArEs me down" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Rich Brian, and Cuco) (2024) "STeAKFACe** ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Phum Viphurit, and Masiwei) (2024) "LONG in the tOOth" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, De La Soul, Warren Hue, Pos of De La Soul, and The Budos Band) (2024) "PUMP IT UP ε=┌(^_^)┘" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Rich Brian, and TiaCorine) (2024) "WhAT yoU WaNT" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE and Deb Never) (2024) "fIT chECK fREEsTYle" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE and Jean Dawson) (2024) "Raw I Know I Got It" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, DIESEL, NITTI, and Shaquille O'Neal) (2024) "Gasoline" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE and LØREN) (2024) "Beef Noodle Soup" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE and Howard Lee) (2024) "Velvet" (with KnowKnow) (2024) "No Pressure" (with KnowKnow) (2024) "DISAPPOINTED" (with KnowKnow) (2024) "2HII" (with Masiwei and Spence Lee) (2024) "laundry" (with yy) (2025) "puff puff" (with PISCEE) (2025) "body" (with Youha and Warren Hue) (2025) "more than a friend?" (with FION) (2025) "slower" (with yy) (2025) "Timeless" (with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE and The Pharcyde) (2025) "highs & lows" (with seiji oda and Warren Hue) (2025) "GBAD (Number_i Remix)" (with Jackson Wang and Number_i) (2025) "GBAD (jasontheween Remix)" (with Jackson Wang and jasontheween) (2025) "keroppi" (with Youha) (2025) "GBAD (feat. MILLI & YOUHA) (Remix)" (with Jackson Wang, BIA, MILLI, and Youha) (2025) Promotional singles "Fire to the Fuse" (with League of Legends and Jackson Wang) (2022)

Projects

• KISS (2022)
• 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE (with RCA Records) (2023)
• Tuborg WHY NOT Rap Tour (with Tuborg) (2023)
• RED to HITC (with Xiaohongshu) (2023)

Concerts

Music festivals

Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival (2018) Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival (2019) Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival (2020; cancelled) Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival (2021) Yuanqi Forest Music Festival (with Yuanqi Forest) (2021) Head In The Clouds Music & Arts Festival (2022) Head In The Clouds Jakarta (2022) Head In The Clouds Manilla (2022) Yunsi Miaoxiang Chaoji Paidui (云思妙想超级派对) (2022-2023) Head In The Clouds New York (2023) Head In The Clouds LA (2023) Head In The Clouds Guangzhou (2023) 88 Degrees & Rising Jakarta (2024; cancelled) Yuanqi Forest Music Festival (with Yuanqi Forest) (2024) Head In The Clouds New York (2024) "Ye You Lu Jing" Yinyue Ji (「夜游鹿境」音乐季) (with Jägermeister) (2024) Head In The Clouds Los Angeles (2025) Heads In The Clouds Guangzhou (2025) China tours Homecoming Shuochang Xin Shidai Quanguo Xunyan (Homecoming 说唱新世代全国巡演) (2020) Kaidilake Zao Lang Yinyue Jie (凯迪拉克造浪音乐节) (with Cadillac) (2021) Tuborg Hiphop Tour (with Tuborg) (2023)

Quchenshi Wanshi Hun De Kai Paidui (屈臣氏万事混得开派对) (with Watson's) (2023) Tuborg Hiphop Tour (with Tuborg) (2024) Tuborg Hiphop Tour (with Tuborg) (2025) Asia tours Road to FAM (2025) North America tours 88 Degrees & Rising Tour (2018) Online concerts Asia Rising Forever (2020) ASIA RISING: Summer Edition (2020; cancelled) New Year Concert with Masiwei - Presented by McDonald’s (2021) Asia Rising Together: Benefit Concert (2021) Double Happiness: Global Digital Festival (2022) K~I~S~S Virtual Concert (2022) SPACE JUMP (2022) Concerts participation Coachella (as 88rising's HEAD IN THE CLOUDS FOREVER) (2022) Coachella (as 88RISING FUTURES) (2024)

Filmography

Reality shows

• Rap For Youth (Bilibili, 2020)
• 造浪 (Bilibili, 2020)

Films

• Jamojaya (2023)

Documentaries

• Asia Rising: The Next Generation of Hip-Hop (2019)
• Masiwei - East Avenue (2021)
• Stoop Kid (2022)

TV shows

• TEMPLE (2020)

Official links

China Bilibili Weibo DAYDREAM House of Jade Infinite Thrills MoonJellies NewSounds Family PLAYGROUND Sunrise Club W8VES

United States Facebook Instagram PARADISE RISING FLUXGEN 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE FAM TikTok Twitter Website Youtube