I was asking my wife rhetorically really because of the theme music on many of the modern ones I have been watching. Now she brought up a good point which is that maybe its part of the localization. Do primarily to my eyes getting worse I now watched them dubbed (although dubbs are much better now than in the 90’s). Now previously I don’t think they really changed the music but now im not 100% sure. Anyone actually watch the japanese broadcasts and know if they localize to that degree? If not does anyone know if hip hop became popular in japan or korea or such?
Rap was extremely popular in Asian countries, especially Japan and South Korea, in the early 2000s. I don’t know if it has remained as popular as back then though.
The first time I went to Japan was during this period and a lot of the bars were specifically hiring black men to stand outside and get people to come in.
American music gets around a lot so generally music genres that are popular in the US will spread all over to some degree. I think country is kind of the exception there.
I don’t listen to pop music much but hip hop has been popular in Korea for a long time now. Same with neighboring East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. I guess they’re just not nearly as popular overseas but they’re mainstream enough locally you’ll hear it wherever you go.
edit: Other than music, hip hop dance and fashion was pretty popular too at least when I was in high school.
Hip hop has influenced Japanese culture to some degree. Samurai Champloo (released in 2004) is the most hip hop influenced anime I can think of, with Shing02 (born in 1975) being the Japanese rapper I’m most familiar with.
Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike (1999) had a hip hop influenced style.
Whether or not rap is “more popular” now can probably be answered by doing some research. https://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100/
Creepy nuts is a Japanese duo if you’re talking about Mashle/Dan Da Dan.
not particularly. I jump around so much with series im not even sure which ones have had it outside of link click that I am currently watching.
A character in S2 of Squid Games considered himself a badass rapper.
ass rap is my least favorite type anyway.
Sir Mix-a-lot: ಠ_ಠ
