{"id":14781,"date":"2025-05-26T17:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/the-liberation-of-words-embodied-by-kan-a-k-a-gami-and-the-price-it-comes-at\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:14:27","slug":"the-liberation-of-words-embodied-by-kan-a-k-a-gami-and-the-price-it-comes-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/en\/the-liberation-of-words-embodied-by-kan-a-k-a-gami-and-the-price-it-comes-at\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;liberation of words&#8221; embodied by &#8220;Kan a.k.a. GAMI&#8221; and the price it comes at"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14781\" class=\"elementor elementor-14781 elementor-14740\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfdfb2d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dfdfb2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d9f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76d9f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Between Japan's censorship and hip-hop freedom\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4698dbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4698dbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de67e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de67e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with smoking marijuana?&#8221; This was neither a provocation nor a defensive response. Rather, it may have been &#8220;justice&#8221; for him. Kan a.k.a. GAMI. A rapper who has been at the forefront of Japanese rap since its early days, he is also well known as the first monster of Freestyle Dungeon. However, his name means more than just being an artist in the history of hip-hop. His words were an &#8220;incident&#8221; that stepped over the boundaries of freedom.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1861f55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1861f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775b0a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"775b0a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The \u201cGod of the Underground\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9aedc6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9aedc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b4db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9b4db1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the early 2000s, rap was still ridiculed as a delinquent&#8217;s hobby. Han was deeply committed to &#8220;words&#8221; while carrying the harsh reality of Kabukicho, Shinjuku. He lost his friends and even touched drugs himself, but he stuck to his belief that rap is a weapon. The label he founded, Kusari Group, was a crew connected by &#8220;words&#8221; rather than money. His style was not major-oriented, but a street philosophy that bets on the purity of self-expression. His raps always contained questions such as &#8220;Speak up in this society&#8221; and &#8220;What is freedom?&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e2763 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5e2763\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34837d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34837d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14749\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maxresdefault-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maxresdefault-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maxresdefault-1-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84e03e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84e03e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e995927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e995927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Voices that have fought alongside the \"grass\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eabdc9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6eabdc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b1e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48b1e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe relationship between his music and marijuana is not just a &#8220;lifestyle.&#8221; Rather, marijuana was a part of his philosophy. It was an unusual stance in Japan at the time for a rapper who clearly endorsed marijuana use to appear in the media. His bold and public stance of saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m speaking for those who smoke,&#8221; and &#8220;This is our culture&#8221; even seemed like a kind of &#8220;cultural martyrdom.&#8221; But of course, the price was high. He was arrested twice for violating the Cannabis Control Act in 2016 and 2020. The media criticized him along with his title as a rapper, and he began to be &#8220;banned&#8221; from television programs. He continued to be active on YouTube, but after disappearing from terrestrial television, he was like a poet who had received the &#8220;punishment of expression&#8221; in modern times.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a9416 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"09a9416\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-816100f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"816100f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is HIPHOP a breeding ground for \"freedom\" or \"deviantness\"?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2b3a2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2b3a2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f688b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f688b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is where a dichotomy arises. Is hip-hop a culture that should celebrate freedom, or is it a &#8220;deviant&#8221; in public spaces? In America, Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z legally develop marijuana brands, smoke it openly, and make money openly. But in Japan, that same style is considered a &#8220;crime.&#8221; In other words, the content of expression is global, but the law is local.\nAnd the first to fall into this gap was &#8220;the liberator of words,&#8221; KAMI a.k.a. GAMI.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d141e1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d141e1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c67fcb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c67fcb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cost and Inheritance: \"Han's Rap Will Not Be Erased\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a72e0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a72e0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8adea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8adea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBut it doesn&#8217;t end there. His raps are still reaching the younger generation. The next generation, such as Namedaruma, Red Eye, and \u00a5ellow Bucks, naturally have acquired the style of &#8220;freely saying what they want to say.&#8221; Even the theme of marijuana is not a &#8220;crime&#8221; for them, but a &#8220;reality,&#8221; and it is integrated into the visuals and sound. In other words, the &#8220;rules that Han broke&#8221; are now becoming part of the culture.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78bb2ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78bb2ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d75d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97d75d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954-1024x579.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14761\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954-860x486.jpg 860w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a.k.a.-GAMI-e1593157650954.jpg 1802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22d2199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22d2199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-809983c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"809983c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The man among men, Kan a.k.a GAMI<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38fa96f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38fa96f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e064a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e064a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe may have even thrown away his career to break the limits of words. But what he left behind was not just his arrest record. He carved the reality that &#8220;there are people who talk about freedom in earnest&#8221; into hip-hop in this country. Those words carried more weight than anyone else&#8217;s. And they still burn today.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between Japan&#8217;s censorship and hip-hop freedom &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with smoking marijuana?&#8221; This was neither a provocation nor a defensive response. Rather, it may have been &#8220;justice&#8221; for him. Kan a.k.a. GAMI. 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