Feelin' the Sunshine - DS455

045 the area code of the bay area known as Yokohama has since the starting days of Japanese hip-hop music been known as the west coast of Japan when it comes to styles and artistic directions. If Tokyo gets its influence in hip-hop music from the old school N.Y. then Yokohama draws its influence from the L.A. G-Funk era of the mid 1990's. DS455 aka DSC (Dabstar Clique) aka Bayside Ridaz formed in the 1989 and became the first group in Japan to experiment with what had become famous with Dr. Dre and The D.

Read more about DS455 on Last.fm.


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