Teriyaki Boyz

World Music is a very broad genre of music. Basically it is described as music that did not originate from the United States. However it is still very generalized by people and there are many myths that people assume are true about all world music. One myth is that world music fans are all geeks and hippies. This is definitely not true in the case of the Teriyaki Boyz, who have gained production and support from Kanye West, Pharrell, Just Blaze, DJ Premier, Busta Rhymes and many other American Hip-Hop artists and producers.
The Teriyaki Boyz first surfaced in 2006 in Tokyo. They were originally artists whose careers combined into a supergroup. The members consist of four rappers, Ilmari, Ryo-Z, WISE and VERBAL. DJ Nigo is also the founder of the popular Japanese clothing brand called A Bathing Ape aka BAPE Clothing.
The Teriyaki Boyz debut album was called Beef or Chicken featured many well-known American producers like Beastie Boys, Dan The Automator, DJ Premier, Just Blaze and The Neptunes and a couple of songs were featured on Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and a couple also featured rapper and producer Pharrell.
The Teriyaki Boys invaded the American scene with the hit single “I Still Love HER” a tribute to Common’s 1994 hit “I Used To Love HER” and featuring Kanye West. They continue to influence the American scene with their newest single “ZOCK On!!” featuring Busta Rhymes and Pharrell. A sophomore album is expected soon from this rising group and hopefully more collaboration with American rappers. This proves that world music has many fans around the world and can even fit in with our native music scene.



ZOCK ON