Zeebra
Zeebra ( born April 2, 1971 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, real name: Hideyuki Yokoi (Japanese横 井 英 之, Yokoi Hideyuki ) ) is a Japanese hip hop artist, who made his first appearance in 1995. As a DJ he used the pseudonym DJ DIRTYKRATES.
- 3.1 Singles
- 3.2 Digital Singles
- 3.3 Other Guest Posts
Life
Zeebra is a former member of the hip - hop group King Giddra, which also consisted of DJ Oasis and K Dub Shine - except him. In 1997 he started with the Future Shock record label, his solo career.
Zeebra is one of the most popular rapper in Japan. He appears not only in hip-hop magazines, but also in the fashion and street culture magazines. It has many features with other rappers, producing songs for other artists, and appears in their videos. He has also collaborated with rappers from America.
In 1998 he launched his first solo tour. In the same year he also started the first hip -hop TV program called Beats to the Rhyme. In 1999 he published his single Mr. Dynamite, the first hip - hop single that made it into the Japanese Top 50. In June 2000, he released his new album Based on a True Story, which reached # 3 in the Japanese charts. At the end of this year he launched his first tour of Japan, the first sold-out hip-hop event. In 2001, he released the single Never Enuff, the theme music for the Japanese film Brother. In 2002, he was temporarily King Giddra back, but works since 2003 and has published more solo songs. Currently, he produced not only for rap artists, but also for pop stars such as Namie Amuro.
Discography
Studio albums
Best-Of albums
- 2002: THE FIRST STRUGGLE
- 2008: The Anthology
Singles
Digital Singles
- 2006: Top Of The World
- 2010: Endless Summer (feat. COMA - CHI)
- 2001: LIVE ANIMAL 2000 JAPAN TOUR
- 2001: FUTURE SHOCK original Visual Tracks First Edition
- 2003: SHOUT
- 2004: FUTURE SHOCK Visual Tracks 2nd Edition
- 2004: FUTURE SHOCK TOUR -SHOCK TO THE FUTURE 99
- 2005: THE LIVE ANIMAL'03 ~ Tokyo 's Finest ~
- 2005: FUTURE SHOCK VISUAL TRACKS 3rd Edition
- 2007: The Live Animal '06 ~ The New Beginning ~
- 2008: The Complete Collection ~ ~ Clips
- 2009: 20th Anniversary Zeebra The Live Animal in BUDOKAN
Collaborations
Singles
Digital Singles
- 2010: DEXPISTOLS: FIRE feat. zeebra
- 2010: DJ MITSU THE BEATS: ONE HIP HOP feat. zeebra
More Guest Posts
- 2000: DevLarge: PLAYER 'S DELIGHT ( 12inch )
- 2000:ラッパ 我 リヤ:ライム ダービーfeat. zeebra
- 2000: DJ BEAT: MIC TECHNICIAN feat. Zeebra, UZI & KM - MARKIT
- 2001: K -DUB SHINE :ザ·シャイニング( KG STILL SHINING REMIX ) feat. Zeebra & DJ OASIS
- 2001: JOOSUC: 6文字 の 男feat. Zeebra & MACCHO
- 2002: K -DUB SHINE :アウトローfeat. zeebra
- 2002: UZI :俺 らfeat. Zeebra, OJ & ST
- 2002: DJ OASIS: CHANGE THE GAME
- 2002: FULL OF HARMONY: The Ride feat. zeebra
- 2003: TYLER: Escort feat. zeebra
- 2003:童子T :第三の男
- 2003: DJ benki: We Gonna Rock It ( S.U.N ) feat. Zeebra & N.O.B
- 2003: OJ & ST: ONE LIFE
- 2003:安室 奈 美 恵: STYLE
- 2004: ROMERO SP: 21MC feat. TripTik, FUTO, MACCHO ,秋田 犬 どぶ 六, MC Q, DEN, BUCK TOWN YAS, SMOOTH B, MCピッポ, LUNA, DIRTY HARRY POTTER, AFRA ,般若, RUDE BOY FACE, DABO, 565, MASARU, UZI, Zeebra, EGGMAN, CHADA MAN
- 2004: DJ Yuze: DOWNTOWN SOUND feat. Zeebra & SHINNOSK8
- 2004: Tyler: STAND STRONG feat. zeebra
- 2004: H ☆ ☆ S ☆ G P: H.G.S.P. feat. Zeebra ,山田 マン& KM - MARKIT
- 2004: BOY- KEN: JUICE feat. zeebra
- 2005: DJ MASTERKEY: THE TRAINING DAY feat. Zeebra, UZI, OJ & ST, KM - MARKIT, CHINO
- 2005: KM - MARKIT: Vivid
- 2005: DJ OASIS: Vivid
- 2005: bredren: FORWARD TO ROOTS
- 2006: OZROSAURUS: Disrespect 4 U
- 2006: HAB I SCREAM :アンコールfeat. ヨシピィ· ·ダガマ, MC MUG, Mad Blooded, UZI, SHINNOSK8 ,三 宅 洋 平,タイプ ライター, GORI, RINO LATINA II, DEN, Takuto, Mummy -D, GKMARYAN & Zeebra
- 2006: N.O.B.: b- tribeハリケーンfeat. zeebra
- 2006: Twigy :あ·うんfeat. Zeebra, D.L, BOY- KEN
- 2006: DJ MUCCA: BIG SHOUT OUT feat. GDX, HIRO, Zeebra
- 2006: HIBIKILLA: CULTURE 365 feat. zeebra
- 2006: UZI: Pieces Of Cake feat. UBG
- 2006: GDX: 4 THA FOOD feat. zeebra
- 2006: FOCIS: New Tokyo feat. zeebra
- 2006: DL: THE MASTERS feat. Zeebra, Twigy
- 2006: KM - MARKIT :未来 予 想 図~ THE BLUEPRINT ~ feat. zeebra
- 2007: DABO: WORLD IS YOURS feat. zeebra
- 2008: DJ Hasebe :いとし さ の 中 でfeat. Sugar Soul, Zeebra
- 2008:童子-T: Play That Beat feat. zeebra
- 2008: Mr.BEATS a.k.a. DJ CELORY: 1 Freestyle feat. Zeebra ,般若, UZI, Q, SIMON & DJ OASIS
- 2008: AI: Get Up Remix feat. SPHERE of INFLUENCE, Zeebra
- 2008: Mr.BEATS a.k.a. DJ CELORY: Street Dreams Part.2 feat. Zeebra, Simon &晋平 太
- 2009: UZI: Urban Barbarian Gym feat. zeebra
- 2009: THE LEGEND $:城南 ハスラー3 feat. zeebra
- 2009: DJ PMX: THE REASON feat. Zeebra, MACCHO & Mummy -D
- 2009: MOOMIN :揺れる ロマンスfeat. zeebra
- 2009:剣 桃 太郎: Mite Guy feat. zeebra
- 2009: UBG: Natural 9 (城南9 Remix feat DEN, 565, RINO, GK MARYAN, SORA, SPHERE, BIGGA RAIJI & Zeebra. )
- 2009:タイプ ライター:特殊MIC部队feat. RINO, DABO & Zeebra
- 2009: TERIYAKI BOYZ: DELICIOUS JAPANESE
- 2009: BIGZAM: WE RAP feat. zeebra
- 2009: DJ TOSHI: Over The Top feat. Zeebra & Q
- 2009: DJ YUTAKA: All Day All Night feat. Zeebra & BIG RON
- 2009: Drunken Tiger: Jet Pac feat. Stylistic Jones & Zeebra
- 2009:鬼头: eady to Fight feat. バラガキ, Zeus & Zeebra
- 2010: Rhymester :マニフェスト
- 2010: DEXPISTOLS: Fire feat. zeebra
- 2010: DJ MITSU THE BEATS: ONE HIP HOP feat. zeebra
- 2010: Zeebra, SIMON, DO, SHINGO ★ 西 成: 24 bars to killa (Remix)
- 2011:小 室 哲 哉: Digitalian is eating breakfast 2
Awards
2002
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Video from a Film - Neva Enuff (feat. Action )
2003
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - FFB ( with King Giddra )
2004
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - Touch The Sky ( Winner )
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Male Video - Touch The Sky
2006
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - Street Dreams
2008
- MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Hip Hop Video - Not Your Boyfriend ( feat. Jesse ( RIZE ) )
- 2008: ZEEBRA自 伝HIP HOP LOVE ( autobiography ) ISBN 978-4835617206
Movies
- 2001: TOKYO G. P.
- 2003: 3on3
- 2004: Jam Films S
- 2010: Zatoichi: The Last (座头市THE LAST )