Bennie K

The hip-hop/R&B duo Bennie K were the first female urban project to break into the Japanese musical mainstream, their sunny rap tunes with catchy choruses spawning a huge wave of followers in their wake. The band was established in 1999 in Los Angeles, of all places, where the rapper Cico met Yuki, who was doing vocal training in the U.S. The American experience allowed them to combine English with Japanese in their lyrics, and the newly formed group, which debuted at a Christmas event, began to work its way up the national scene upon returning to Japan. Their first singles, "...