K-Pop Star Julie of Kiss of Life Faces Backlash Over Culturally Insensitive Hip-Hop Livestream
By HiphopTokyo Staff | June 3, 2025 K-Pop and hip-hop have long shared a complex, intertwined relationship—one where admiration often risks crossing the line into appropriation. That line was tested again this April when Julie, a member of the rising K-pop group Kiss of Life, held a birthday livestream themed around “old school hip hop.”…
