BAD HOP

BAD HOP is an eight-member all-male Hip-Hop crew founded in Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 2014.

Members

 * YZERR
 * T-Pablow
 * G-k.i.d
 * Yellow Pato
 * Bark
 * Benjazzy
 * Vingo
 * Tiji Jojo

2014

 * On March 25, they released their first independent album BAD HOP ERA, distributing CDs to the public for free and distributing music by free download.
 * On September 28, they released their first independent mixtape BADHOPBOX.

2015

 * On July 2, they released their second independent album BAD HOP.
 * In November, they were featured in a VICE Japan documentary.

2016

 * On March 15, they released their second independent mixtape BAD HOP 1 DAY.
 * On September 15, they released their third independent mixtape BAD HOP ALL DAY.
 * They held a free-entry one-man live show titled IRREGULAR BOUND at Shinsaibashi SUNHALL in Osaka and Club Citta in Kawasaki.

2017

 * On September 6, they released their first official album Mobb Life under KSR Corp., which was their first nationally distributed work.
 * They held their first national tour 'Mobb Life Tour'.

2018

 * On June 15, they released their first mini album BAD HOP HOUSE
 * Held a one-man live show 'BAD HOP HOUSE' at Zepp Tokyo, with tickets selling out on the same day.
 * On November 13, held a one-man live BreatH of South at Nippon Budokan. Advance tickets were sold out in 3 hours and the CD of their second mini album BADHOP ALLDAY vol.2 was given free of charge to the visitors.
 * On November 30th, they released their second mini album BADHOP ALLDAY vol.2 to the public.

2019

 * In January, the one-man live BreatH of South was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
 * In June, a live tour 'COLD IN SUMMER ZEPP TOUR' was held at Zepp Arenas in Nagoya, Fukuoka, Osake, Sapporo and Tokyo.
 * In July, BAD HOP's new single released through Pony Canyon "Born This Way (feat. YZERR & Vingo & Bark)" was selected as the ending theme for the anime "Kengan Ashura".
 * On November 15, they released their first EP Lift Off which had 6 songs produced with overseas producers such as Murda Beatz, Metro Boomin, Mike Will Made It, Mustard, Wheezy and Turbo.
 * On December 7, they performed a free live event in front of Kawasaki Station.

2020

 * On February 25, Bad Hop featured on the cover of the April issue of GQ JAPAN magazine, making them the first Japanese rappers to appear on the cover.
 * On March 1, a one-man live show 'BAD HOP WORLD 2020' was held at Yokohama Arena without spectators due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but was live streamed on YouTube for free.
 * On May 9, due to the public refraining from going out due to the extension of the state of emergency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the video of BreatH of South held at Nippon Budokan in November 2018 was available on YouTube for a limited time.
 * On August 7, they released their second official album BAD HOP WORLD.

2021

 * On February 2, they released a deluxe edition of BAD HOP WORLD called BAD HOP WORLD DELUXE featuring guest artists in tracks such as 'Friends' featuring JP THE WAVY and LEX, 'No Melody' featuring Leon Fanourakis, 'Rusty Knife' featuring KEIJU, 'Championship' featuring MC TYSON and KOWICHI and 'R.I.P' featuring MUD and MonyHorse. The album also includes a remix of 'Chop Stick' with features by SANTAWORLDVIEW and Yurufuwa Gang and a remix of 'Suicide' with features by Hideyoshi and Jin Dogg.

Discography
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Albums

 * [2014.03.25] BAD HOP ERA
 * [2014.09.28] BADHOPBOX
 * [2015.07.02] BAD HOP
 * [2016.03.15] BAD HOP 1 DAY
 * [2016.09.15] BAD HOP ALL DAY
 * [2017.09.06] Mobb Life
 * [2018.06.15] BAD HOP HOUSE
 * [2018.11.30] BADHOP ALLDAY vol.2
 * [2020.08.07] BAD HOP WORLD
 * [2021.02.22] BAD HOP WORLD DELUXE
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EPs

 * [2019.11.15] Lift Off
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Singles

 * [2019.07.04] Born This Way

Trivia

 * They are all childhood friends.
 * They formed BAD HOP to avoid crime and drug addiction that was prevalent in their hometown of Kawasaki.