Powered by Max Banner Ads DJ Shine Don't Speak Drunken Tiger is a Korean hip hop group that has shaped the Korean music industry like no other group has. With their original style and creative beats… they have put Korean hip hop on the map like no other group has done before. Even today, Tiger JK is still going against the grain of Korean pop music and doing his own thing. How...

G-Dragon I am going to stick to the point for this post and remain a little harsh when I give my opinion about the “new” G-Dragon. I will be blunt when I tell you that I think his new song sucks. I am surprised to even write that because I liked the songs that he wrote for Big Bang. On His own… it is recycled material or styles from other people. It is hard to say that because or...

Asian Hip Hop Artists Drunken Tiger, Bizzy,  Dynamic Duo, Dabo, King Ghidorah, etc… I can go on and on with these hip hop names from both Korea and Japan as lately there just seem to be more and more out there. However, I will stick to the ones that I like the best… ad since this website is devoted to Kpop and Jpop I will briefly cover both Korean hip hop and Japanese hip hop. Here i...

Crystal Kay & BoA Early this year, BoA featured Crystal Kay in her single, this time it will be the other way around, both Korean/Japanese pop singers will be collaborating again for Crystal Kay’s upcoming single called “Girlfriend”. For those of you who don’t know who Crystal Kay is, She is a Japanese singer, started in 1999 – present. She was born and raised in Yokohama, Kanagawa,...

Oshio Manabu It looks like talento Oshio Manabu (31) has got himself caught up in a very serious matter. Avex Management announced yesterday that they had cut him loose, saying only that he had broken the terms of his contract. It was later revealed that he has been arrested by Tokyo police for drug use and possible involvement in the death of a woman… Police at the Azabu station, responding to ...

JYP Cleaned Up For those of you who missed my earlier post about working for JYP Entertainment you should read it. Apparently JYP entertainment is looking for a full time Online Marketing Assistant to help spread the word about their Kpop talent such as Wonder Girls, 2PM, and other newcomers that are soon to emerge onto the Asian market. However, as I was digging deeper into JYP I found a first ha...

Boa For this month a new video sharing website called Blastro is featuring Kpop artists as part of its “international spotlight for August”. To watch the play list that they have setup for this spotlight you can click HERE. The post from Rob Campanell who is the Director of Content Programmingreads as follows: “This month’s feature is South Korea.  The producers and artist...

JYP Job For those of you who read my last article… you may remember when I stated that JYP needs some help from someone who knows the North American marketplace. Well, JYP has not been sitting still it seems. JYP Entertainment is currently looking for a full time Online Marketing Assistant. Here is the details of the job description: JYP Entertainment seeks a skilled internet marketing assis...

Wonder Girls So Sad You know the saying… “bright lights big city”. Anything is possible in L.A… even a Kpop mega group going on National TV… or perhaps not! I endured the teen choice awards for its 2 hour broadcast on national TV in order to find out they they were not even on air. Sure, they performed for 15000 people. I can only imagine that those select few got to ...

Rain - Bi So… since Ran has finished his filming for Ninja Assassin and has finished his ongoing legal disputes he is now ready to return to the bright lights of the concert stage. Rain will resume his singing activities in August by launching an All Asia tour. The singer has settled his legal disputes over his canceled Hawaii concert and will hold an overseas concert tour for the first time...