Female Japanese MCs

20 Female Japanese MCs Changing The World of Hip-Hop

 This article was produced in partnership with The International Center for Journalists After being almost entirely dismissed by mainstream media and record labels in Japan until the mid-nineties, the world of Japanese hip-hop emerged out of the underground clubs and gatherings at parks and train stations and has generationally evolved to be embedded in the cultural consciousness of every day Japanese people. Alongside of a positive...
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