October 31, 2022
RZA, SSGKobe, Idk & More Explore Hip-Hop’s Connection to Anime
[ad_1] Geekin'Anime fandom was once relegated to nerds and the uncool crowd, but it's since become a way of life for rappers both in and out of music.Words: Peter A. BerryEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.A tour de force of geekdom was unleashed by Cochise this past summer when he turned his 2022 XXL Freshman freestyle into an anime lover’s dream. Sitting on a throne surrounded by statues, he let loose a barrage of cheeky wordplay at the intersection of shinobi fantasy and URL battle raps: “To be honest, my life got better when I was fired/I been in the rain, feelin’ pain and...