This is the social media posts of my initial reactions to coming back from a place where something unthinkable happened. On the Shinkansen headed up there, I was going on a press tour. The closer we got I thought I might start melting. Talking to filmmaker Lucas Rue settled my nerves. Putting human faces to Fukushima and the nuclear meltdown changed my perception of that part of Japan. After 3/11, Mr. Hagi’s restaurant was one of the first to start …
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On the street, on a boat, in a tunnel, or on a swing, for every day of this year Rhyming Gaijin writes a verse, makes a beat, records the vocals, and makes a music video. He’s 54 days into 2019 and still going. View his videos below. Subscribe to Rhyming Gaijin’s channel and watch him conquer 2019. …
Erykah Badu. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
Lauryn Hill, Biggie Smalls. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
“Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
Ras Kass. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
Blowfly, one of the first to ever rap. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
Bill Withers. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed” by B+ 
Jay Electronica. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed” by B+ 
Jay Elect, Nas, The Roots. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
Eazy E and Bone Thugs N’ Harmony. “Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed,” B+ 
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Today, I kicked it with Mega of The Mega Late Show. We went to peep photographer and director, B+ (Brian Cross)’s Ghost Notes: Music of the Unplayed at 16(sixteen). B+ has been clicking rappers and artists for a minute: Biggie Smalls, Lauryn Hill, David Axelrod, Damian Marley, J Dilla and on and on…. His photo exhibit is up through January 14th. I also found my boy John Felix Arnold III‘s recent mural in 109 Shibuya’s Magnet building. He just flew over from Cali, …
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Brooklyn Terry 
DJ Sarasa 
Artist Adano Takuya was live painting. 
Celebrating Marley Marl’s 56 birthday. 
Speakeasy is a monthly dance party that’s been going for five years. Its a mobile event held in some of Tokyo’s most unlikely venues. Places like Sasazuka Bowl, Hotel Koe Tokyo, Zou-no-hana Terrace, and RIDE have acted as elaborate backdrops that frame the party’s family-like affair. Dancer and promoter, Brooklyn Terry is the man behind these shows. “I started Speakeasy selfishly, because I was homesick. I wanted the quality and vibe that I could relate to that didn’t exist here …
At my daughter, Kantra’s school they have a “crazy hair day” where kids come to school wearing funny hair styles. Last school year, new to the game, we just bought Kantra a fluorescent orange wig. She looked ready for a rave. I couldn’t help noticing the dichotomy of the kids wearing afro wigs and calling it crazy while my daughter wore white girl hair under the same banner. “I think its just a joke,” my wife, Haruki, said. “I know,” …
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