‘변경’의 포효하는 목소리—일본 언더그라운드 힙합과 마이너리티의 시학—

Abstract

Since the 2010s, rappers from slums or Korean-Japanese rappers have been prominent in the Japanese underground hip-hop scene. Those who were wandering as delinquent boy or tramp in poverty and discrimination spread their experiences through rap, drawing support and empathy from many people, which has a great influence on youth culture as a whole. Today, hip-hop is popularized and commercialized as a global cultural trend, but originally, hip-hop culture was pioneered by Afro-Americans, a discriminated group, and emerged as a counterculture against white-centered society. Japanese underground rappers have inherited this counter cultural identity and have secured their own areas of activity that are distinct from the mainstream music market. The idea that ‘real’ hip-hop, which has legitimacy and originality, is an objection to established society and accuses the reality of minorities, outsiders, and discrimination groups has been inherited by young people living in the periphery of Japan. Therefore, in this article, I would like to pay attention to the phenomenon in which hip-hop’s counter-cultural or minority identity is being inherited and reconstructed in the periphery of Japanese society and discuss its cultural and historical significance. In particular, we will examine the significance of the cultural practice of underground rappers who express themselves as minorities by appropriating the style of subculture.