Latin beats – from salsa and bachata to Chicano rap and electro-cumbia – have found a growing underground scene in an unexpected country: Japan.

Japanese Hip-hop/R&B powerhouse XG made waves at Coachella 2025, delivering a high-energy, genre-defying performance that solidified their place as one of the most exciting acts in global music.

explaining that hip-hop artists will no longer be allowed to appear on TV entertainment shows. That, of course, was in neighboring China, not in Japan. Popular singers disappeared all at once from ...

In a Sydney studio, however, a hip hop class for adults is gaining popularity—a place where age and attire don’t matter. After all, there’s no age limit to dancing! Listen to SBS Japanese ...