K-Dub Shine (Real Name, Kouta Kagami was born and raised in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan). Waking up to hip-hop in his teens during his 8 year stay in America in 1988, K-Dub drew inspiration from his idols KRS-ONE, Chuck D, Rakim, Run-D.M.C. among others and picked up his pen which changed his life around completely. Coming from a close to poor home combined with his juvenile delinquent nature in his teens, hip-hop worked more or less as an escape from the Read more on Last.fm