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 ...

YUZAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga, used to suits, a lectern and the trappings of the Japanese government, now finds himself on hip hop T-shirts and bags in his hometown, where the locals are ...

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, ...

One of the first things Emilio Valadez ’18 of San Antonio noticed about hip hop dancers in Tokyo, particularly breakdancers, is that they’re really good. “I saw such great mastery of it during my time ...

Mnet's 'Unpretty Rapstar: Hip Pop Princess' opened profile photos of 40 contestants who have different backgrounds and personalities. On the 9th, Mnet's 'Unpretty Rapstar: Hip Pop Princess' (hereafter ...

AWICH is the queen of Japanese Hip-Hop and she is here to put a flag, marking her place in the culture. Awich is beyond dope. She’s a beacon of light from Japan that shines all the way to Hip-Hop’s ...

Hip Hop International’s (HHI) week-long competition that crowns U.S. and world dance champions in multiple categories concluded Saturday night as two defending champions repeated with gold ...

I’m sitting in a club in Shinjuku, Tokyo, sipping distilled snake venom, jet-lagged to the point of hallucination. A statue of Godzilla glares from the corridor outside. I’m in the VIP section of an ...