Album Notes

HE HAD STARTED ALPINE SKIING AS SPECIAL EDUCATION WHEN HE WAS 2 YEARS OLD.
ON 1992, HE PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL SKI GAME AS HE WAS ONLY 10 YEAS OLD.
FROM THOSE DAYS, HE LOVED BLACK HIP HOP AND HE COULDN’T FIGHT AT SKIING WITHOUT HIP HOP.
ON 1998, HE’S GOT IN REPRESENT FOR JAPAN AS A CAPABLE SKI PLAYER.
ON 2002, HE’S WON THE PRIZE FOR LAUREATE RESIDENTS OF PREFECTURE AWARD.
UP TO 22 YEARS OLD AFTERWARDS, HE TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN WORLD ALPINE SKIING PLAYER AS REPRESENT FOR JAPAN. ON 2004, HE HAD A BIG ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS GETTING IN THE WORLD CUP TRIAL AND HE HOVERED BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. AFTER THAT, HE WAS FORCED INTO ADMISSION TO A HOSPITAL FOR 1 YEAR.
HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO SPEND HIS 2ND LIFE WITH MUSIC.
AFTER HE CAME BACK TO JAPAN, HE STARTED MUSIC ACTIVITIES IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.
HE WAS ADMITTED BY THE GAME FORTUNATELY AND HE GOES AND RETURNS BETWEEN YOKOHAMA AND LA FOR MANY TIMES. HE GOT THE GAME’S BIG CONFIDENCE AND PLAYED 8 STAGES TOGETHER IN THE U.S. AND JAPAN.

HIS UNKNOWN POSSIBILITY IS CAME FROM POWER WHICH IS HE OFTEN SAYS. S.H.O RAP STYLE IS GIVEN EXPRESSION TO HIS FEELING. IT’S JUST NOT FIT THE MOLD FOLLOWED AFTER ORIGINAL. HE GETS HIGH VALUATION FROM THE U.S. HIP HOP SCENE.

HE DEBUTED AS HIP HOP ARTIST FOR HIS 1ST ALBUM “RIZE & PEASE” ON JANUARY 20, 2008. HE WAS ON COVER OF HIP HOP MAGAZINE AND HIS ALBUM WAS PLAYED AT WORLDWIDE RADIO STATIONS. THIS ALBUM THAT IS INCLUDING “NEVER GIVE UP” WAS RATED HIGHLY AS A CLASSIC. ON 2008, HE HAS RELEASED HIS 2ND ALBUM “BRAND” ON SEPTEMBER 19. IT CONTAINS 15 TUNES INCLUDING ONCE-HAILED SONGS “BRAND”, “LET’S GO” AND “MY WAY”.

S.H.O APPEARED ON A FULL PAGE OF THE SOURCE MAGAZINE AS KNOWN AS THE BEST HIP HOP MAGAZINE IN THE U.S. ON 2009 APRIL/MAY ISSUE.

THE LONG-AWAITED S.H.O 3RD ALBUM “ENERGY” WILL BE RELEASED ON APRIL 25, 2010.