Worldtown Hearsay :: Japanese Dancehall
Japan is the kinda place I’ve always been fascinated by. I’m amazed at the trendsetting power of the culture and country, appropriating different styles and trends and giving them an authentically Japanese twist. Lately, Japan’s reinterpreted the Dancehall music craze that’s swept the country in the footsteps of an already popular reggae fanbase. According to the Guardian, there’s less than a sizeable Jamaican population in Japan, but Jamaican dancehall is very popular - obscure club nights and all - around the country. But it’s not the Jamaican artists that have helped spread the dancehall bug - there’s an authentic Japanese form of dancehall that’s growing in popularity, where it’s not unheard of some Japanese dancehall artists selling out stadiums. And moving along a slide from strange to even stranger, the dancehall phenomenon is also giving rise to schools that help you master Jamaican Patois so you can sing like a “real Jamaican”. Umm…not sure how culturally appropriate these lessons will be…
Watch MC AKANE’s Video Dancehall Head:
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