jun seba

I was out of the loop for about 2 months now, but it pains me to say that one of my favorite producers passed away in a car accident in tokyo late February.

Japanese Hip-hop producer, Nujabes (born Jun Seba), crashed when leaving the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo's Minato Ward...

Nujabes was 36 years old when he died. The car crash that killed Nujabes took place on February 26, 2010, the same day a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of japan. Nujabes' death was only publicly confirmed by Hydeout Productions and by his friend and collaborator, Shing02, today; he was buried by his family in a private ceremony.

Here's two videos, the first being his friend Shing02 performing with beats produced by Nujabes and the second being one of my favorite songs by him.

r.i.p.

-Oey