Jin Dogg
Jin Dogg | |
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 Jin Dogg in 2023 | |
| Born | Jake Yoon September 10, 1990 Osaka |
| Occupation | Rapper |
| Years active | 2011 - present |
| Website | https://www.tunecore.co.jp/artists/jindogg?lang=ja |
Jake Yoon[1] (Born September 10, 1990), better known by his stage name Jin Dogg is a Japanese rapper. The name Jin Dogg is derived from Snoop Dogg and the Korean Jindo dog (Korean: 진돗개; RR: Jindo-gae).[2]
Early life
[edit]Jake Yoon was born on September 10, 1990, in Osaka, Japan.[2][3] His mother was a Korean immigrant, and his father a second-generation Korean living in Japan.[2] He did not know his father as a child.[4] Yoon grew up in Ikuno Ward in Osaka until nursery school, when he moved to Tennoji Ward.[5] He was bullied in Tennoji Ward because there weren't many Koreans living in Japan at the time.[5] At the age of ten, Yoon moved to South Korea and went to a school for Japanese students.[2] In Korea, he was bullied for being from Japan and struggled with his identity.[6]
In his fifth year of elementary school,[4] he was influenced by his older sister of 14 years and began listening to hip-hop.[7] In middle school, from the second half of his second year to his third year,[8] he came to like hip-hop. He often listened to Snoop Dogg, G-Funk, and Notorious B.I.G.[7] He also liked Deepflow and other artists popular in Korea at the time. In Japanese rap, he listened to artists like Zeebra and was also shocked by "Rollin' 045" by OZROSAURUS.[2] During a six month long study abroad trip to Australia, he discovered and was influenced by the fighting game Def Jam: Fight for NY.[5] At that time, Ludacris' first album was the first hip-hop album he ever bought.[8] After the study abroad, he returned to Korea and entered in an American school, where he began rapping by freestyling in English with his friends.[2] At the age of 18, he dropped out of the American school and transferred to a high school in Japan.[2]
Yoon continued to connect with his Korean friends on Skype, and at that time he rapped over the beat for "A Milli" by Lil Wayne.[5] After being invited by a friend to see a live concert of rappers ANARCHY and Hannya, Yoon graduated High School and began performing and recording music in 2011.[2][5] His first recording was an English translation of ANARCHY's "24 BARS TO KILL".[5] Around that same time, Yoon was brought along to a cypher in a friend's hometown, where he first met fellow rappers WILYWNKA and Young Coco.[4]
Career
[edit]Jin Dogg recorded and released his first EP, "Welcome to Bang Bang I.K.N" in 2012.[2][4] However, after releasing the EP, he took a break from music and dealt illegal drugs.[4] Shortly after, he moved to the south of Osaka and spent three years working as a janitor in a love hotel, an environment which he said was uncomfortable to be in.[3] Jin Dogg, who said "originally, I wasn't the hustler type, nor did I feel like I was a boss" was worried about the contradiction between his musical persona and his real life, but during the hiatus, he discovered the "sing it like it is" style of artists like KOHH and MonyHorse, and he found his path.[4] Jin Dogg wanted to make "dirty" music as opposed to the light lyrics of artists like KOHH, and it was in this line of thinking that he was strongly influenced by artists like Bones and Suicideboys.[4][9]
Around 2015、he hit it off with studio owner Young Yujiro (whose name at the time was Radoo).[2] Jin Dogg began going to Young Yujiro's studio and recorded and released his first mixtape 1st High～uncontrollable laughter under the label "Hibrid Entertainment", which he co-founded.[10] Around that time he was exposed to trap through Keith Ape and Okasian. This brought Jin Dogg's music closer to trap, which up until then was influenced primarily by G-Funk.[2] In 2017 he released his second mixtape "2nd High".[11] The mixtape was made in a similar style to the first, but it was centered more around horror movie-like imagery.[4]
In December of 2019, the albums SAD JAKE and MAD JAKE were released. Both albums were themed around the dual nature of violence and sentimentality.[8][9] On December 16, 2023 Jin Dogg released his second album Blood&Bones (BLOOD).[12] This album was also part of a duology, and the second entry "Blood&Bones (BONES)" was released on February 17, 2024.[13]
Musical style
[edit]Jin Dogg often does everything in the studio, without writing down lyrics.[8] When he makes music, he focuses on emotion, and he considers music to be his own method of relieving stress.[6][7] To him, rhyming is not as important as being satisfied with making the best use of the Kansai dialect in his style of rapping.[2]
Jin Dogg cites Bones, Smokepurpp, and Ghostemane as his favorite artists.[10] Additionally, he cites artists like ANARCHY, MACCHO, Kan a.k.a Gami, MessiahtheFly, Gizmo, and Bane as influences.[8]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Title | Release date | |
|---|---|---|
| SAD JAKE | December 13, 2019 | |
| MAD JAKE | December 13, 2019 | |
| Blood & Bones (BLOOD) | December 16, 2023 | |
| Blood & Bones (BONES) | February 17, 2024 |
EPs and mixtapes
[edit]| Title | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st High "抱腹絶倒" mixed by DJ BULLSET | April 9, 2016 | |
| 2nd High "魑魅魍魎" mixed by DJ BULLSET | October 3, 2017 | |
| 3rd High "起死回生" mixed by DJ BULLSET | November 30, 2020 | |
| HELL GATE | October 25, 2019 | |
| You Don't Know | October 7, 2021 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jin Dogg新作MV「One Love 32」 獄中の友人に贈るメッセージとNasへの敬意". KAI-YOU | POP is Here . (in Japanese). 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "【Rappers Update Vol.2】Jin Dogg". FNMNL (フェノメナル). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ a b blackfilesstv (2021-09-30). INTERVIEW FILE : JIN DOGG. Retrieved 2025-03-31 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Jin Dogg｜大阪の「今」を代表する存在をめざしてひた走る（HARDEST MAGAZINE 2018年4月発刊号掲載） | HARDEST MAGAZINE | ハーデストマガジン". HARDEST MAGAZINE | ハーデストマガジン (in Japanese). 2019-02-26. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
- ^ a b c d e f HIP HOP DNA (2020-01-10). 【Jin Dogg】"幼少時代について / ラップとの出会い" (前半). Retrieved 2025-03-31 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b Red Bull Music (2019-03-28). How The Next-Gen Of Asian Hip Hop is Taking Over The Music World | Asia Rising | Full Movie. Retrieved 2025-03-31 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c lute (2018-12-20). Jin Dogg Documentary「I'm from DIRTY KANSAI」. Retrieved 2025-03-31 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e "怒りをもろに出したアルバム。悩みを持ってたり… 色んな人に聴いてほしい｜Jin Dogg インタビュー | JASON RODMAN | Music, Culture, Movie, Sports, Sneakers, News" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
- ^ a b HIP HOP DNA (2020-01-17). 【Jin Dogg】"今のスタイルを確立するまで" (後半). Retrieved 2025-03-31 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b INVISIBLE (2018-08-28). "加熱する関西TRAP MOVEMENT ～DIRTY KANSAI～【Hibrid Entertainment編】". Qetic (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "注目ラッパーJin Doggのミックステープ『2nd High』がリリース | MonyHorse、Young Yujiro、Young Cocoなどが参加". FNMNL (フェノメナル). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "Jin Dogg 待望の2nd アルバム 2部構成の大作から『BLOOD』発表 DADA、Watson、TAKABOが参加｜THE MAGAZINE". THE MAGAZINE (in Japanese). 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "Jin Dogg 2部構成の2ndアルバム『Blood&Bones』後編『BONES』待望のリリース KEIJUやYoung Coco、Lil Foggy、Yvngboi P、Young Zetton、BLAISE、S TILL I DIEらが客演参加 プロデューサーにはHomunculu$、DJ BULLSET、Koshy、Lil G、Hadihaad、Hokuto、Lil Yamagucci、youngsavagecoco、GeG、DJ Ezel｜THE MAGAZINE". THE MAGAZINE (in Japanese). 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-03-31.