The Japanese-Jamaican artist discusses the BLM movement in Japan and his new EP.
It came out of the blue and ended up being not just any TV commercial song, but my first song nationally-broadcasted, so I was extremely happy. There weren’t any credits on the commercial, so I thought nobody would realise it was my song, but unexpectedly a lot of people did. I heard that some folks thought that Rui Hachimura was the one singing though. The track recorded for the album is slightly different arrangement-wise, so it’s quite interesting to compare the two.on a track titled “Radio”.
Talking of delivering your message and opinion, as a mixed race Japanese man, we were wondering what you think to Japan’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement? Black people all have different backgrounds and cultures depending on their environment: Black people living in the US are different from the ones I met in the UK; the same goes for people like me who are of African heritage but live in Japan. It’s wrong to think that what I say as an individual is on behalf of all Black people because they are humans, before being told they are Black. That’s why I want the world to be able to accept opinions coming from single individuals for what they are.
Honestly, I’ve seen Black people one-upping others with their opinions, and it’s not good to abuse your position like that. The goal is to eliminate racism, and if everyone chooses a different way to do so… I think our number one priority would be to reconcile and adjust our ways, starting with the people closest to us.
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