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キングギドラ


King Giddra (キングギドラ) was a Japanese hip hop group that started in 1993. They were signed to the indie label P-Vine Records. After a 6 year hiatus, they would go on to sign with DefStar Records, a sublabel under Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ) for their second album release. The group is made of up 3 members: K DUB SHINE (MC/concept leader of the group), ZEEBRA (MC), and DJ OASIS (DJ). The group is named after the 3-headed monster from the Godzilla movies, King Ghidorah. Zeebra has said that they chose the name after realizing that Godzilla is a character that represents international Japan. In the film, King Giddra is the bad guy, but as a public enemy, he is doing an extremely positive thing. They say that as an enemy of the public, they are an enemy of the system that oppresses them, like how Godzilla was the oppressive system and King Ghidorah was the enemy. Although all 3 were born in Tokyo, Japan, each member has spent some time living and growing up in the US. K DUB SHINE, did a homestay in Florida before moving to Oakland, California where he would meet future members of the group, ZEEBRA and DJ OASIS. According to the group's appearance on the Japanese music variety show, HEY!HEY!HEY! MUSIC CHAMP, DJ OASIS and ZEEBRA have known each other since grade school. Their style is influenced by the American rap group Public Enemy, which is evidenced by their political views on the state of Japanese society in the lyrics of their songs, such as Bullet of T...

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