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Nujabes

By combining hip-hop rhythms with jazz instrumentation, Nujabes helped popularize the atmospheric sub-genres of chillhop and lo-fil hip-hop. He was born as Jun Seba on February 7, 1974, in the Minato ward of Tokyo, Japan. By the 1990s, he was the owner of two record stores in Shibuya, as well as the founder of the independent hip-hop label Hydeout Productions. His first mixtape, Sweet Sticky Thing, was released in 1998, followed in 1999 by the debut single "Ain't No Mystery." Both were released under his alias, Nujabes. A collaborative artist, he partnered with the American rappe...