(the) Road to the Deep East

It looks ZEEBRA's problem was solved somehow. ZEEBRA posted a new video comment, and he told that he visited MTV Japan yesterday(June 3rd) and talked with one of the executives of MTV. And he comments this is the 'final chapter'

zeebra Live & Direct Part III

The person whom he talked with was the person from 'higher' level he hadn't expected. This person may be the president of MTV Japan. And it seems they talked about the future of MTV VMAJ, and the executive said MTV will take his opinion into its consideration.

In the first clip (link to the mirror), he disrespected MTV Japan in rap music style, but in this video clip, he didn't do it and just talks, very naturally. Only the hip-hop point of this video comment is his last phrase, “ZEEBRA the illskill, peace yo!!” Maybe he was drunk when he posted the first clip, and when he saw his own clip after he woke up, he thought it's a bit embarrassing.

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It's an amazing result.

Usually, in Japanese society, this kind of appeal isn't effective, and accuser always be attacked by other people, just like many people criticized ZEEBRA on youtube's comment section. And the company won't take the message seriously, or hire a yakuza, and the accuser kills himself in a mysterious way.

I thought even if ZEEBRA wouldn't be killed, he may not be able to appear on MTV Japan again. But as far as judging from this situation, ZEEBRA and MTV JAAPN amended their relationship, and ZEEBRA may be invited to the MVAJ next year again.

Maybe it could be possible because it was between hip-hop artist and foreign capital music company, not between a musician and Japanese company. If Japanese company were told, 'Fxxk SONY MUSIC' or something, I think it won't be forgive the artist forever, but it seems MTV Japan was enough generous, and understood the gimmick of ' ディス'(disrespect) in hip-hop music world well.

It was an entertaining trouble, anyway. I wish ZEEBRA will do this again when he has something to say to Japanese society/system. It'll become the start of genuine Japanese hip-hop as a political music.