Yuki Chiba (千葉雄喜, Chiba Yūki) was born April 22, 1990 and is better known by his stage name KOHH. He is a Japanese hip hop rapper and singer from Oji, Kita, Tokyo. He was raised by a single mother along with his younger brother, fellow rapper known as Lil KOHH. KOHH started producing and recording music at the age of 18 with while making various mixtapes, until he met producer 318 and started releasing material under the label GUNSMITH PRODUCTION. KOHH has been mentioned several
times as a major influential force to the Japanese hip hop scene in recent years. KOHH has occasionally criticized how small the hip hop scene is in Japan and has tackled major mainstream TVs for its negligence of noticing hip hop. Additionlly, Chiba was recently featured on American rapper Megan Thee Stallion 2024 track Mamushi from her album Megan.
Four: John and Yoko
Composing lyrics that express the realistic and often rough side of life in a raw and powerful form, KOHH released his single called John and Yoko which is off his album called Worst and was the 29th of April 2020. The official music video of youtube has garnered 2.5M views and over 2.7M streams on spotify.
FYI
- KOHH grew up around violence and drugs along with his crew of local friends who shared the same experience.
- KOHH has also being praised for his smart use of topics like drug use and violence within the Japanese society which are considered controversial in the country.
Three: Sappy
Garnering over 164k views on its official music video on youtube is this song by the Japanese artist KOHH called Sappy. It was featured on this 2020 album titled Worst. This song was produced by Skrillex and Boaz van de beatz.
Two: I think I’m falling
This song was released on the 23rd of April 2019 and is called I think I’m falling. It has garnered 4.1M views on Youtube and 3.8M streams on spotify.
Discography
- Monochrome (2014)
- 梔子(Gardenia) (2015)
- Dirt II (2016)
- Untitled (2019)
- worst (2020)
- The Lost Tapes (2022)
- Team Tomodachi (The Remixes) (2024)
Awards/ Nominations
- KOHH was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award in 2017 and he won the award for Best Japan Act.
- In 2016 and 2017, KOHH won the Best Hip Hop Artist for the Space Shower Music Video Awards.
One: Mamushi
Japanese rapper Yuki Chiba (KOHH) has been featured on Megan Thee Stallion latest album Megan on a track called Mamushi. Released on the 28th of June 2024, this song has garnered over 11.3M streams on spotify and 2.7M views on its official audio on youtube.
