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- ↑ Condry, Ian (November 2006). Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization. ISBN 0822338920.
- ↑ "Japanese Hip-Hop, by Ian Condry (MIT)". web.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 2003-04-30.
- ↑ Ian Condry, "Hip-hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization" , 2006
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