I remember the old days when Amuro Namie wouldn't be seen dead without black dancers. Wasn't it all the rage to have black backing singers too? In fact, weren't there a few singers who even darkened their faces to make themselves look black?
A pop star in Japan, the bilingual R & B singer is looking for U.S. fans "So today I was thinking: 'Should I speak Japanese, or English tonight?' " Universal Japan recording artist Ai said from the El Rey Theatre stage recently. The near-sellout crowd, mostly Japanese expatriates and Asian Americans living in Los Angeles , screamed replies, some in English, some in Japanese. "I'll just speak
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