RIN a.k.a 貫井りらん Nukui Riran

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Tokyo-born RIN a.k.a. Nukui Riran (her real name) grew up in Odawara City in Kanagawa Prefecture and has been into hip-hop since elementary school. She started to explore the genre after listening to the track “Urban Grammar” by old-school nineties Japanese hip-hop crew, Scha Dara Parr.

She started hanging out with other hip-hop fans in high school and started rapping in 2014, with the help of producer K.E.N a.k.a. kiddblazz. Together, in 2014, they put together the “DRIP EP” and have since released another EP called “Eniro Nana Hengen (Glossy Colors Seven Transformations)”. In 2016, she released a full length album, “Rinne (Cycle of Life and Death)”, on Taidou Label, featuring guest spots from Ken The 390 and Meiso. She also was the feature MC at the 2018 Poetry Slam Japan competition.

You can find her music on Apple Music, YouTube, and you can follow her on Twitter.

Chuck Clenney
Chuck Clenney
Chuck is a Kentuckian living, farming, DJing, arting, and teaching on Amami Oshima in Ryuku Archipelago of southwestern Japan. He writes mostly about music, food, as well as Kentucky/Japan connections and hosts a radio show in a mix of Japanese, English, and the indigenous Amami Oshima Shimaguchi language called "World Chuck Melody" on FM Setouchi 76.8FM.
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