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'''Banana Ice''' is a Japanese rap artist. Along with [[Shitamachi Kyōdai]], he sang the [[Japanese themes|theme song]] for the Japanese dubbing of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]". | '''Banana Ice''' is a Japanese rap artist. Along with [[Shitamachi Kyōdai]], he sang the [[Japanese themes|theme song]] for the Japanese dubbing of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]". | ||
Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the 90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong. | {{quote|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}} | ||
Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong. So far as his rap career is concerned, he saw success with several albums and released a compilation in 1998 titled, "Rap Rapper Rappest". Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned all "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to look black) as phonies and cultural traitors. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net] | *[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net] | ||
*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice] | |||
*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously] | |||
[[Category:Musicians]] | [[Category:Musicians]] | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 29 January 2013
Banana Ice is a Japanese rap artist. Along with Shitamachi Kyōdai, he sang the theme song for the Japanese dubbing of Beast Wars: "WAR WAR! STOP IT".
Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of Donkey Kong Country and also provided the voice for Funky Kong. So far as his rap career is concerned, he saw success with several albums and released a compilation in 1998 titled, "Rap Rapper Rappest". Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned all "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to look black) as phonies and cultural traitors.
