{"id":14901,"date":"2025-05-28T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/the-liberation-of-words-embodied-in-kan-a-k-a-gami-and-the-price-it-comes-at\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:41:22","slug":"the-liberation-of-words-embodied-in-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-in-kan-a-k-a-gami-and-the-price-it-comes-at\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;liberation of words&#8221; embodied in &#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=\"14901\" class=\"elementor elementor-14901 elementor-14878\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f032a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73f032a\" 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-fce3c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fce3c4b\" 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<\/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-a703bd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a703bd6\" 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-014aff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"014aff0\" 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\tThere was a man who said, &#8220;This is my reality.&#8221; His lyrics have been censored, reported, and silenced, and they still resonate today. Kan a.k.a. GAMI. He is a rapper, an activist, and a poet who has taken the extreme edge of self-expression. He challenged the &#8220;limits of language&#8221; in Japanese society, proving that freedom at the cost of time.\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-d43947c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d43947c\" 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-c6ba8b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6ba8b2\" 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 linguistic art of the lone wolf, the \u201cunderground deity\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-476653b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"476653b\" 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-d207d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d207d59\" 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\tIn the 2000s, Japanese rap was still treated as &#8220;scary music&#8221; by the media. Han put the reality of Kabukicho into words as it was. Violence, death, drugs, discrimination, loneliness. He didn&#8217;t hide anything, he exposed everything. His words were not polite, but reverberant. He didn&#8217;t &#8220;rhyme&#8221; but &#8220;carved life&#8221;. Kusari Group, MSC, Freestyle Dungeon &#8211; wherever he was, he brought &#8220;unclean truth&#8221;. That determined the &#8220;body temperature&#8221; of Japanese rap.\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-a884a2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a884a2e\" 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-674f677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"674f677\" 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\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14892\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB33GC1VEAEWN6W.jpg 2048w\" 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-a3f546c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3f546c\" 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-9622a7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9622a7d\" 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 will and contradictions of \"freedom\" through cannabis<\/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-5b69a63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b69a63\" 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-536fd5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"536fd5b\" 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\tHan was one of the first rappers in the Japanese music scene to openly affirm marijuana use. In interviews and songs, he continued to say that &#8220;marijuana is a culture&#8221; and &#8220;it&#8217;s the law that&#8217;s bad.&#8221; This was not just rebellion, but a strong belief in freedom of expression. However, the reality was harsh. In 2016 and 2020, he was arrested twice for violating the Cannabis Control Act. He was dropped from Freestyle Dungeon, disappeared from the media, and refrained from events &#8211; the social sanctions seemed excessive. What he wanted was &#8220;freedom,&#8221; but Japanese society dismissed it as &#8220;anti-social.&#8221;\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-e9696bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9696bf\" 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-52a8f7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52a8f7f\" 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\">Reread him as a \"poet\" rather than a \"criminal\"<\/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-1200226 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1200226\" 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-981a79f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"981a79f\" 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 important thing is that he wasn&#8217;t just talking about marijuana. In fact, that&#8217;s not the essence of his work. For example, &#8220;Hip Hop Dream&#8221; contains a requiem for a friend who committed suicide. &#8220;Chain Group&#8221; records the &#8220;pain&#8221; of young people who are cut off from society. His rap is poetry, a social record, and a cry from the soul. The social atmosphere that considers an entire work &#8220;worthless&#8221; because of an arrest record can be said to be the easiest form of violence against art. What he broke was not the law, but the peer pressure to &#8220;keep quiet.&#8221;\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-8fb0176 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8fb0176\" 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-23f4ae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23f4ae1\" 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\">Who is carrying that message now?<\/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-eb082f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb082f3\" 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-a198303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a198303\" 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;I got arrested, but I won&#8217;t stop making music.&#8221; Many rappers grew up watching him. Name Tatsuya wrote prayer-like poems with smoke, and Red Eye brought philosophy into his lyrics. D.O continues to convey the significance of &#8220;talking&#8221; rather than &#8220;inhaling.&#8221; The fire of the man has been relayed to the next generation. Even if he disappears from terrestrial broadcasting, his &#8220;voice&#8221; still lives on through YouTube, live performances, and social media.\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-89e8d8c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89e8d8c\" 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-d5601cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5601cb\" 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=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/66a74c2403ecd.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/66a74c2403ecd.jpg 800w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/66a74c2403ecd-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/66a74c2403ecd-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/66a74c2403ecd-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\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-1836cc6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1836cc6\" 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-9a4ab8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a4ab8a\" 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\">Still, he didn't choose his words.<\/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-069b49a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"069b49a\" 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-92a079b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92a079b\" 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\tWhile many artists choose &#8220;words that cannot be misunderstood,&#8221; Kan a.k.a. GAMI continued to choose &#8220;words that are too honest&#8221; until the end. His way of life was clumsy, sometimes foolish, but infinitely poetic. This is the story of a man who lived by words, was punished by words, and still did not let go of the microphone. And surely, when reread in 10 years, the lyrics will be called &#8220;true&#8221; rather than &#8220;illegal.&#8221;\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 There was a man who said, &#8220;This is my reality.&#8221; His lyrics have been censored, reported, and silenced, and they still resonate today. Kan a.k.a. GAMI. He is a rapper, an activist, and a poet who has taken the extreme edge of self-expression. 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