I was asking my wife rhetorically really because of the theme music on many of the modern ones I have been watching. Now she brought up a good point which is that maybe its part of the localization. Do primarily to my eyes getting worse I now watched them dubbed (although dubbs are much better now than in the 90’s). Now previously I don’t think they really changed the music but now im not 100% sure. Anyone actually watch the japanese broadcasts and know if they localize to that degree? If not does anyone know if hip hop became popular in japan or korea or such?
Rap was extremely popular in Asian countries, especially Japan and South Korea, in the early 2000s. I don’t know if it has remained as popular as back then though.
The first time I went to Japan was during this period and a lot of the bars were specifically hiring black men to stand outside and get people to come in.
American music gets around a lot so generally music genres that are popular in the US will spread all over to some degree. I think country is kind of the exception there.