CoS' Artist of the month - Okinawa rapper Awich

Awich was born on Okinawa in the shadow of American military bases, where her starved grandfather stole food from. On the other hand, as Awich told Consequence of Sound, she loves the idea of America, which made for a "love-hate" relationship. She studied in the USA where she met her husband, who has shot and killed, and Awich was left with a child - and rap future in Japan. Awich - it stands for “Asia Wish Child" - raps in both English and Japanese - "it is easier for me to express aggressiveness and all of that stuff in English, it’s way, way easier. Japanese is very subtle. [For] depictions of scenery and stuff like that, the Japanese language is more sensitive".