Photo by Jamel "Jam-No-Peanut" Mims. Nasty Ray, Yugong Yishan. Beijing, China. 2009.

Nasty Ray is one of Beijing's most rugged battle MCs. Ray puts East Coast rap on a pedestal, and although his English is limited, the Beijing MC can spit just about any rap classic, verbatim. Here, he opens for Ghostface Killah last summer.