Happy X-mas with Okinawan rapper Awich
“War is over if you want it”. This may sound naive, but it’s really basically absolutely true, isn’t it. War is not over because you keep voting for war-mongers or politicians trying to get into the favour of the war-mongers.
Anyway, this John Lennon Christmas classic is my first encounter with Japanese (Okinawan) rapper Awich, short for “Asia Wish Child”, real name Urasaki Akiko. Not the most adventurous rendition of Happy X-Mas (War is Over) but you could do a lot worse. Awich is a gifted singer and she seems to mean what she sings.
I checked out her rap-music and it’s really very good. Check out this song, for instance, from her latest album Partition. A mishmash of styles and genres make up some confident hiphop by a woman completely in control. Again, not the most experimental of hiphop, but really very well done and quite exciting.
She has opinions, too. Check out this interview. Merry Christmas. (PB)





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