Saturday, May 06, 2006
The Japanese Tupac Shakur
This is gangsta rap. Wifebeater and hydraulics included. On TV. In Japan.
Question: Does the fact that he sports tatoos connect him (at least in theory) to the Yakuza? Or, in other words, are gansta rappers in Japan essentially Yakuza-rappers?
Question: Does the fact that he sports tatoos connect him (at least in theory) to the Yakuza? Or, in other words, are gansta rappers in Japan essentially Yakuza-rappers?
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Thank the NBA and US thugs for rapper tats in Japan, not the yakuza. Yak tats are usually samurai and sakura. Even kanji tattoos weren't common in Japan.
Boy, do these guys look toy.
I don't know what they're talking about, but they look as though they don't know it either...
I don't know what they're talking about, but they look as though they don't know it either...
The tattoos aren't yakuza style.
The ties between gangsters and the entertainment biz are long-lived, but that doesn't say anything about these guys.
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The ties between gangsters and the entertainment biz are long-lived, but that doesn't say anything about these guys.
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