It was confirmed today that underground Japanese beatmaker Jun “Nujabes” Seba died last February 26 after a car accident. His family buried him privately and the anouncement of his death did not make ...

Last night brought sad news for the underground hip hop community; it's been confirmed that Nujabes (née Jun Seba) died last month in a car accident in Tokyo. The Japanese hip hop DJ and producer was ...

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 ...

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Another tragic loss shocked the world of music today. Japanese Hip Hop producer Nujabes, born Jun Seba, was killed in a car accident in Tokyo. Nujabes crashed when leaving the Metropolitan Expressway ...

A limited edition vinyl LP box set for Nujabes ‘ Samurai Champloo soundtrack has been released in celebration of the anime’s 20th anniversary. The 7-inch box set includes six vinyl LPs pressed on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, Shingo “Shing02” Annen should have been performing at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall with his band, the Chee-Hoos. For the past seven years, he has led “A Tribute to ...