Not much is known in the U.S. about Japan's DJ Krush, but that's set to change with the release of a 3-disc DVD career retrospective on Sept. 18 via Red Ink/Sony. By Michael D. Ayers Not much is known ...

Not many foreign rap artists find their way to American ears–and even fewer hang around for a decade. But against all odds, Japan’s DJ Krush is closing in on the 10-year mark with his seventh proper ...

I'm not saying it's jazz, and I ain't saying it's not, but this is one curious album. If you're interested in the latest developments in the "Jazztronica" shoot off the jazz tree (or modern ...

The Listening: New Music From Coco Jones, Future, Ne-Yo, DJ Premier and Alchemist, Bryson Tiller, Kelela, J. Cole and More This week’s new music Friday also features Tank, Ciara, The-Dream, Snoop Dogg ...

After 20 years in the DJ game, DJ Krush is widely acclaimed as the king of Japanese hip-hop, and, as a much sought after turntabilist, his impeccable skills have impressed crowds all over world. But ...

Hip-hop instrumentals were just backing tracks in search of a rapper until DJ Krush and his Mo’ Wax label mate DJ Shadow showed how much you could do when you ditched the vocals and focused on the ...

Turned on to hip-hop by the movie Wild Style, Hideaki Ishi formed the group Krush Posse in 1987 before striking out on his own at the start of the '90s. As DJ Krush, his turntable antics and ...

Turned on to hip hop by the movie Wild Style, Hideaki Ishi formed the group Krush Posse in 1987 before striking out on his own at the start of the '90s. As DJ Krush, his turntable antics and ...

Although the world teems with indigenous versions of hip-hop--varying wildly from Frankfurt to Cape Town and beyond--Japan's DJ Krush is perhaps the only foreigner who's managed to change the way ...

We've just passed midnight in a fascinating world - to reference DJ Shadow, the headliner's friend and fellow genius in the field of largely instrumental hip-hop - when Japanese turntablist DJ Krush ...

DJ Krush (Hideaki Ishii) was born in 1962 in Tokyo. At an early age, Ishii dropped out of school, and joined a local gang, and a few years later, Yakuza. After watching the film \'Wild Style\' in the ...