Kenji (song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Kenji"
"Kenji" cover
Single by Fort Minor
from the album The Rising Tied
Released November 22, 2005
Format CD
Recorded The Stockroom
NRG Studio
Genre Rap / Hip-Hop
Length 3 min 51 s
Label Machine Shop Recordings
Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s) Mike Shinoda / Jay-Z

Kenji is a song off the album The Rising Tied by Fort Minor. The song features clips from an interview with the father and aunt of lead singer Mike Shinoda and tells the vivid story of the life of Mike's family before, during and after World War II including their internment at Manzanar.

Another version is available off the Fort Minor Militia Tracks featuring an extended version of the interview featured on "Kenji" available for download off the Fort Minor Website.

Full length interview with Mike discussing the background stories of many of the tracks off The Rising Tied including Kenji [1]