Artist Profile
YUKSTA-ILL
Rapper who lives in Suzuka, Mie and represents the area. He was into basketball culture, has notice RAP from SHAQ and learns HIP HOP from ALLEN IVERSON. "I couldn't stand RAPPER's lame live performance at the club, so I jacked the mic." "The demos made by the group B-ZIK in the early days of my career were being passed out freely with no permission inside Suzuka Tower Records." Without forgetting his impulse, he continues to upgrade his skills, pursue expression, and self-promote every day. In the latter half of the 2000s, he won the UMB Nagoya qualifying round twice, and after a long period of silence and deliberation, the ban on participating in MC battles was lifted from the end of 2022. The following year, in 2023, he won the KOK Mie Qualifiers and participated in the national tournament. He holds an open MIC party "AMAZON JUNGLE PARADISE" locally on weekdays. The HARD CORE HIP HOP MOVEMENT created by TYRANT, a group of locals who call themselves "RACOON CITY", has created a region called NEO TOKAI. Known as the most important MC and original member of RC SLUM, who reigns at the top. In 2009, he released a MIX CD "ADDICTIONARY" with ATOSONE, the president of RC SLUM. In 2011, P-VINE, WDsounds and RC SLUM teamed up to release his 1st album "QUESTIONABLE THOUGHT". The album showcased the thought of his and action into the future. In 2013, the showdown EP "TOKYO ILL METHOD" with truck makers representing Tokyo such as GRADIS NICE, 16FLIP, ONE-LAW, BUSHMIND, KID FRESINO and PUNPEE was released. Here, he showed off the certainty of his RAP skills. After the monster posse albums "WHO WANNA RAP" and "WHO WANNA RAP 2" by SLUM RC where NEO TOKAI's storm blew, the 2nd album "NEO TOKAI ON THE LINE" and the 3rd album "DEFY" was released from P-VINE and RC SLUM. These releases ascended him to greater heights. He went out to national tours with OWLBEATS and MASS-HOLE, learned about the world, and updated himself along the way. His absolute confidence in RAP makes his track selections possible, and over time, aesthetics and playfulness are woven into them. Released the single "82S/SOUNDTRACK" in 2020 as a member of the 1982 FINEST collective "1982S" with ISSUGI, SENNINSHO, Mr.PUG, YAHIKO and MASS-HOLE. In the same year, "BANNED FROM FLAG EP" and "BANNED FROM FLAG EP2" were released in the midst of the corona disaster that covered the world. A rapper is an existence that always lights up the hope. In 2021, he and RAMZA who are both recognized basketball freaks, released 7inch "TORCH/BLACK MAMBA REMIX" dedicated to the late KOBE BRYANT, and it was featured in the NBA magazine "DUNK SHOOT". Furthermore, the same tag released the single "FAR EAST HOOP DREAM". It's a song that will go down in the history of HIP HOP and basketball, with its thoughts on B.LEAGUE. Participated not only in HIP HOP but also in the works of HARD CORE BAND. He's pounding out a number of killer verses. In 2023, he established his own production WAVELENGTH PLANT. Following the single "FIVE COUNT" released by Suzuka's beat maker UCbeats, the 4th full album "MONKEY OFF MY BACK" was released for the first time in about 4 years. He captures what is in front of him, skillfully handles words, and builds them one after another. YUKSTA-ILL continues to grow.