Chika Takai moved from Tokyo to Atlanta as a student, later becoming a dancer and DJ for the Atlanta Hawks. When Megan Thee Stallion’s viral 2024 hit “Mamushi” was released, listeners were surprised ...

Last month, she became the first Japanese woman and first DJ of Asian descent selected as the official DJ for the 2026 NBA ...

A Charleston hip-hop artist is embarking on a unique tour this month. Semkari will be touring Japan from May 19-27, performing at venues in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya with a homecoming show ...

Dancer Michael Sakamoto on “time/life/beauty,” his collaboration with DJ Spooky that fuses hip-hop and butoh to honor the late Japanese musical innovator.

Cocona, a member of the J-pop and R&B group XG, has publicly come out as Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) transmasculine and non-binary in a social media post on their 20th birthday. The singer shared ...

Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts — aka rapper R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga — had a hit single this year with the track “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 (where it has ...

CJ ENM will create the rap version of IZ*ONE. . At the CJ ENM Music Media Lounge 'Mext: Worlds of Mnet Sins 2025' held in Cheongdam, Seoul on the 15th, CJ ENM's music content division head Shin ...