Did rap become more popular in asia in recent years? (moist.catsweat.com)

submitted 1 day ago by HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com to c/anime@ani.social

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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?

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[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

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/

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