K Dub Shine
K Dub Shine | |
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| Birth name | Kōta Kagami (各務貢太) |
| Born | May 8, 1968 |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Japanese hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20080331105158/ http://www.atomicbomb.co.jp/kdub/index.html |
Kōta Kagami (各務貢太, Kagami Kōta, born May 8, 1968), known professionally as K Dub Shine, is a Japanese rapper.
Early life
Kagami was born in the Shibuya ward of the city of Tokyo, Japan. In 10th grade K Dub Shine enrolled in an exchange program which landed him in Philadelphia. It was in Philly that he first encountered hip hop. He was immediately attracted to the way in which it addressed social inequality in the United States. It was in college that Shine began writing his own raps, first in English and later in Japanese.
Career
By the late 1990s, K Dub Shine had created his own record label and had become a big force in the Japanese underground hip hop scene. Many of his lyrics seek to depict accurately and without bias the reality of Japanese youth culture.[1]
External links
- K DUB SHINE Official Site (in Japanese)
References
- ^ Condry, Ian. Hip-hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006.