Kokujin Tensai: An American from Memphis raps in Japanese (Video)

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    This entry is about the American rapper Kokujin Tensai (Black Genius) and his group. According to Watashi to Tokyo, he was a monolingual American rapper until he met a female Japanese exchange student who came to his high school and fell in love with her. As a result, he started studying Japanese, and he has recently started rapping in Japanese. Kokujin Tensai has some video and audio of his songs on his Myspace Profile, which you should check out if you’re interested. The site dotlinecircle has also uploaded the following two videos to YouTube:

    Here’s a video of his song “Dansu”
    A self-introduction video:

    After announcing that he is going to explode next year [this video may have been recorded in 2006], he introduces his friends. They aren’t as proficient in Japanese as Kokujin Tensai, but they can say their names and one of them can shout that he is “dangerous.” They then demonstrate some of their dance moves and lyrics. They’re definately different from the average Japanese language rappers.

    According to Dotlinecircle, Kokujin Tensai will be giving a concert in Tokyo next month. Here are the details:

    ketsutobi production presents
    Kokujin Tensai Japan Tour Tokyo Show
    3/11(sun)@ Shibuya O-nest
    open18:30/start19:30 adv\3000 door\3500
    ticket:LAWSON(Lcode 38679),O-nest 03-3462-4420

    Anyone planning to see their performance?

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