On today’s musical stash, we go global with Japanese rapper HANABiS from Okayama City, which is the hot spot in Japan for underground hip hop and the cannabis community. Today’s track was sent to the Stash by Gomyo, a Shingon Buddhist priest from Michigan living in Japan for the past 14 years who joins HANABiS on today’s track, “On the Road Home”. Gomyo has been investigating the idea that Shingon priests may have used Cannabis in rituals prior to the occupation during and after WWII. Gomyo has also formed a group of monks who promote street Buddhism, incorporating street culture such as hip hop, into modern Buddhist practice. His group is called HOODIE MONKS. This collaborative track comes from Hanabis’ first solo album “Just Time 420″ and features not only our friend, Goymo, but Hoodie Monk member DJ Aqb (pronounced AH KOO BEE, which means ‘yawn’ in Japanese) and DJ Kazushit, This track is recorded in English, Japanese and Kick-Ass groove. Exolore the world of Japanese rap, you’ll love what you hear! Konnichiwa! For more on HANABiS check out his myspace page. For more information on our friend Goymo and his group, Hoodie Monks visit http://hoodiemonks.org.
