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Japanese Hip Hop
Japanese kids have been interested in Hip Hop since its beginnings in the early 1980s. It was bought to Japan by American military personal and the first Hip Hop clubs in Japan were located near American military bases.
American hip hop music has since enjoyed excellent record sales in Japan. Japanese kids are attracted to Hip Hop's black image as a kind of ethnic tourism. They are also attracted to Hip Hop's aggressive, violent and hyper-sexual image. In other words Japanese kids are attracted to Hip Hop for the same reason American kids are.
Since the 1980s, Japanese Hip Hop artists have struggled to make a name for themselves in Japan and internationally. Initially, Japanese Hip Hop was often criticised for being generic and unoriginal. However, over the years a distinctive Japanese style of Hip Hop has evolved and Japanese artists are getting more recognition.
In 2002, RIP SLYME became the first Japanese Hip Hop artist to sell more than 1 million records with their big label release "Tokyo Classic".
The major labels now take Japanese Hip Hop seriously. In 2000, Universal opened a Japanese version of their Def Jam label. Sony Music has also taken notice signing and promoting a good number of Japanese hip hop artists each year.
It might be a while before black kids in the US are listening to Japanese Hip Hop ... but who knows.
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