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K Dub Shine

Kōta Kagami (各務かがみ貢みつぐ太ふとし, Kagami Kōta, born May 8, 1968), known professionally as K Dub Shine, is a Japanese rapper.

K Dub Shine
Birth nameKōta Kagami (各務かがみ貢みつぐ太ふとし)
Born (1968-05-08) May 8, 1968 (age 56)
OriginTokyo, Japan
GenresJapanese hip hop
OccupationRapper
Years active1993–present
Labels
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20080331105158/
http://www.atomicbomb.co.jp/kdub/index.html

Early life

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Kagami was born in the Shibuya ward of the city of Tokyo, Japan. As a child, he was quite sickly and was in and out of hospital. It was said that he may not live to see his first day of primary school. He dropped out of high school and studied abroad in a high school in Florida, the United States. Upon returning to Japan he joined Temple University, Japan Campus but dropped out again.[1] In the late 1980s he discovered hip-hop in the United States. Although he believed that the Japanese language was not fit for rapping, he changed from rapping in English to Japanese, after a friend questioned his decision to not use his own language.[2]

Career

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He formed the acclaimed hip-hop group King Giddra, alongside fellow rapper Zeebra and producer DJ Oasis in 1993.[3] 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.[4] He has done multiple collaborations with Soul Scream in his career, and has also featured on RGTO by AKLA, which has surpassed 26 million view on YouTube as of 2024.[5][6] In 2011, in response to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, her performed a charity gig alongside King Giddra to raise money for the victims.[7]

Political views

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K Dub Shine has expressed negative and critical views towards the United States [8] In multiple songs such as "Why So Much?", he is critical of the use of the English language by Japanese rappers.[9] He uses his Instagram account to express his political views, including criticisms of the president of Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy,[10] the Israeli government and what he calls a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza[11][12] and towards transgender people and the BLM movement.[13]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Genzai Jikoku (現在げんざい時刻じこく) (1997)
  • Ikiru (生いきる) (2000)
  • Riyuu (理由りゆう) (2004)
  • Jishu Kisei (自主じしゅ規制きせい) (2010)
  • Shin Nihonjin (新しん日本人にっぽんじん) (2016)

EPs

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  • Jiko Hyougen (自己じこ表現ひょうげん) (2006)
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References

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  1. ^ "Kダブシャインが抱かかえる複雑ふくざつな感情かんじょう 変かわりゆく地元じもとの風景ふうけいに何なにを想おもう". CUFtURE（カフチャ）｜テクノロジー×カルチャーで、未来みらいを耕たがやすWEBメディア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  2. ^ miyearnzzlabo (2015-08-21). "K DUB SHINE アメリカ留学りゅうがくと日本語にほんごでラップを始はじめたきっかけを語かたる". miyearnZZ Labo (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  3. ^ "日本語にほんごラップの金字塔きんじとう！キングギドラ『空そらからの力ちから』20周年しゅうねん - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". tower.jp. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  4. ^ Condry, Ian. Hip-hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006.
  5. ^ "SOUL SCREAM、客演きゃくえんにRHYMESTER、Zeebra、K Dub Shine、DJ Oasis迎むかえた「TOu-KYOu 2021」リリース - Spincoaster (スピンコースター)" (in Japanese). 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  6. ^ AKLO (2014-09-03). AKLO "RGTO" feat.SALU, 鋼はがね田たテフロン & Kダブシャイン. Retrieved 2024-05-21 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "K DUB SHINE - 他たのラッパーとの関係かんけい - わかりやすく解説かいせつ Weblio辞書じしょ". www.weblio.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  8. ^ KDUBSHINE. "「日本人にっぽんじんには顔かおがない、フェイスレスなんだ」と言いわれたことも…レジェンドラッパー・Kダブシャインが語かたった、日本にっぽんがイノベーションを起おこせない理由りゆう". 文春ぶんしゅんオンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  9. ^ Why So Much ?, retrieved 2024-05-21
  10. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  11. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  12. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  13. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.


 

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