Hip-Hop Is About Lyricism At Its Very Root

Suzannah Tartan of the Japan Times caught up with MC Ill Bosstino of Tha Blue Herb for his thoughts on the state of Japanese hip-hop. Before flipping the middle finger, Bosstino said, “The big problem with a lot of Japanese hip-hop is that it uses Japanese in an English way. Hip-hop is about lyricism at its very root. It is truly an oral tradition, and this is the one that I work in.”