24 Bars to Kill
Armstrong, Andrew B![24 Bars to Kill](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/294/29412855/CHSBZCOP0329412855.jpg)
The most clearly identifiable and popular form of Japanese hip-hop, "ghetto" or "gangsta" music has much in common with its corresponding American subgenres, including its portrayal of life on the margins, confrontational style, and aspirational "rags-to-riches" narratives. Contrary to depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, gangsta J-hop gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by man...