[J-ENT] JERO breaks sound barrier

In an Associated Press article, “Enka, a quintessentially Japanese genre of music, has a new king.”

“And he comes from Pittsburgh.”

“In a world where performers normally don kimonos or tuxedos and listeners tend to be post-retirement age, 26-year-old Jerome Charles White, Jr. — known as “Jero” to his legions of fans — has taken Japan by storm with a mix of decidedly American hip-hop moves and a pitch-perfect version of this nation’s equivalent of country and western.”

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