“81” is a menacing and hard-hitting boom bap tribute to the late Kobe Bryant who was a beloved cultural icon and basketball legend around the world, and has a vastly loyal fanbase in China that continues to celebrate his legacy. Written by Haysen Cheng, featuring GALI, and produced by UK veteran producer HARIKIRI, this English-Mandarin track is a manifestation of the American/Chinese cultural fusion that Hip-Hop and basketball created. Growing up between Hong Kong/Shanghai as an orchestral cellist that loved Hip-Hop, basketball was also a major extracurricular pursuit that led him to play for a prep team in Las Palmas for multiple years, where he developed close friendships with current D1 and NBA players, all of whom strongly encouraged Cheng to pursue a music career. After turning down various opportunities to pursue NCAA college basketball in favour of a career in music, Haysen Cheng is on a mission to truly connect Chinese Hip-Hop with listeners around the world.