FOURD NK Beatz

FOURD, born in Tokyo Japan, 1982. He first became interested in the Hip Hop culture in his early teenage and decided to start his career as a rapper at the age of 15. He was greatly influenced by the Hip Hop from an era that has been called "The Gold Age". Soon, he started stepping into clubs in Tokyo and started his live performances. Also, he enthusiastically entered many open mic events. At the age of 17, he purchased his first equipment, MPC 2000 and started career as a trackmaker. 2 years later, he started his own label Cloudis Sound and produced a couple of mix CDs.

In 2003, he entered an audition called "MTV Star Tour" that was presented ZEEBRA who is the most famous rapper in Japan. Among the 3000 participants, he made through the first stage of the audion that was broadcasted by the MTV Japan. Same year, he gained his recognition from one of the Hip Hop pioneers in Japan, DJ Honda and his song was introduced on DJ Honda's radio show called "North Wave".

After releasing his mixtape album "Certified the Mixtape/ FOURD and CS Familia" in 2006, he participated in a movement called "Tokyo Shit" which was presented by DABO. This movement also featured many famous Japanese rappers such as KREVA. Same year, the international street family, "Zipblock" was formed by the members of his crew in NY and Tokyo. With the slogan, "Do everything for a reason", Zipblock produced Mix CDs and their original clothings such as T shirts, hoodies, and stadium jackets. They also started a monthly party, "Hottt Block" at a club Shinjuku IZM. With FOURD being the main DJ of the show, they launched their own radio program, "110 Far East" that was.

In September 2007, his crew and he released their full length album, "The Junk City Renaissance/ Zipblock". The album featured a guest producer DJ TATSUTA who has produced many famous artists' work including Missy Elliot's remix. For the promotion of this album, they had a release tour across Japan and threw down their release parties in main cities such as Tokyo and Osaka.

Collaborating with his friend, EGO, he released a full album "US AGAINST THE WORLD/ FOURD X EGO" in 2008. Tracks on this album were all self-produced by FOURD. The album was highly rated by many famous Hip Hop artists in Tokyo. Not only gaining his respect from the Japanese artists, Lil Mama's staffs were impressed by his work and surprised to hear a Japanese rap with the true essence of the Hip Hop culture. Supported byCyber Agent,, his blog became one of the "Blogs of Famous People" on Ameba Blog which is the most popular blog site in Japan. With many access each day, his blog ranked in the website's top 10 artist charts among the famous artists such as VERBAL from the Teriyaki Boys. In July 2008, among the 4000 famous bloggers, his blog ranked in 48th place in the total charts. In August, he released a solo EP, "Can't wish upon a star". He shot a music video for the lead song of this EP and it was broadcasted on music channels such as MTV Japan.

In 2009, he decided to move to the United States to start his career as a Hip Hop producer. As soon as he moved to New York City, he performed as a guest artist at a club Sputnik where many big artists had their shows. In Aug 2009, he did recording with Sadat X from Brand Nubian for next project.