Ahead of a live-streamed concert in honor of late producer Nujabes, rapper Shing02 discusses his influence on lo-fi hip-hop. Earlier this week, Shingo “Shing02” Annen should have been performing at ...

Hailed for his work in the celebrated anime Samurai Champloo, Nujabes was more than a typical Japanese producer. Alongside J Dilla, Nujabes essentially pioneered the lo-fi hip-hop genre and bolstered ...

'Dansaekhwa' has taken over the modern art world. But the story of how that happened is up for debate.

Nine years after Jun Seba lost his life in a road accident, the Japanese music scene (not to mention a significant number of overseas listeners) is still mourning the loss of its own J Dilla. Friends ...

When a traffic accident on Feb. 26, 2010, claimed the life of independent hip-hop auteur Jun Seba, who recorded and DJed under the name Nujabes, even some of his closest collaborators didn't find out ...

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