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(CPV) - The Japan foundation center for cultural exchange in Vietnam, in cooperation with CAMA, will bring a famous female Japanese rapper COMA-CHI to Hanoi on August 23 and to Hoi An city on August 25 -26 as part of Hoi An - Japan Festival 2012.
She hit the music scene in 2003, building her reputation through performances in Tokyo and participation in MC Battles. She gained notoriety for her freestyle street rapping and for regularly showing the boys how it’s done on the sidewalk.
It didn’t take long for COMA-CHI to blow up. In 2006, she released her first solo album Day Before Blue. Featuring solid rhyming, and a telling influence from 90s hip hop, the album commanded attention, and got it from the Japanese music charts in its first week of release. One year later, her efforts were recognized by Blast Magazine, who listed her as one of the Ten Future Japanese Rappers to watch.
In July 2008, COMA-CHI announced that she had signed a record deal with the Knife Edge/Pony Canyon label, and made her major debut in 2009 with the album Red Naked. This was followed up by Beauty or the Beast? in 2010, an album which drew plaudits for COMA-CHI’s singing ability as well as her talent for spitting self-made rhymes.
The 9pm - performance at CAMA ATK, 73a Mai Hac De street, will mark her Hanoi debut and the first chance for Hanoian hip hop fans to see the unique sounds of this talented, best-selling rap artist. The ticket price is 50,000 VND, and free for those who have a Vietnamese student ID.
Audiences are free of admission in Hoi An city (at 8pm on August 25 at Hoai river Square, and at 8pm on August 26 on streets near the Japanese bridge)./.
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