Chika Takai moved from Tokyo to Atlanta as a student, later becoming a dancer and DJ for the Atlanta Hawks. When Megan Thee Stallion’s viral 2024 hit “Mamushi” was released, listeners were surprised ...
Last month it was made public that acclaimed Japanese hip hop DJ and producer Nujabes (Jun Seba) had died in February in a car accident at the age of just 36. In memory of the musician and his legacy, ...
Earlier this week, Shingo “Shing02” Annen should have been performing at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall with his band, the Chee-Hoos. For the past seven years, he has led “A Tribute to ...
But inspired by the visual elements of the subculture – breaking, graffiti and streetwear – Japan's youth got hooked in a big way and after the emergence of turntablists came rappers dedicated enough ...
Yesterday, Frank Ocean broke the internet when he announced pop-up locations for his Boys Don't Cry zine and dropped his third studio album, Blond. Inside the mags, fans found a physical CD of the ...
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Rap itself is still “a minor musical genre in Japan,” Tsujimoto admitted. “But Japanese people love animation — not only children, but adults as well — so the fact that the film is an anime lowers ...
But inspired by the visual elements of the subculture – breaking, graffiti and streetwear – Japan's youth got hooked in a big way and after the emergence of turntablists came rappers dedicated enough ...
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