Teriyaki Boyz

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Teriyaki Boyz
Country	Yokohama, Japan
Genres	J-Hip Hop
Labels	Def Jam Recordings/Bape Sounds
Members	Verbal Ryo-Z Wise Illmari (DJ) Nigo
Website(s)	teriyakiboyz.com

Teriyaki Boyz is a j-hip hop group from Yokohama, Japan. Their first CD from Def Jam Recordings/BAPE Sounds entitled Beef or Chicken? was produced by a who's who of rap/electronica producers including Daft Punk, Adrock, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow and Cornelius.

The four members are Ilmari and Ryo-Z of Rip Slyme, Verbal of m-flo, and Wise. Nigo is the DJ and founder of the popular Japanese streetware brand A Bathing Ape.

For their first album, the group teamed up with a production team composed of many noteworthy rap artists. The producers are Adrock of Beastie Boys, Cornelius, Cut Chemist, Daft Punk, Dan the Automator, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Just Blaze, Mark Ronson, DJ Michael "5000" Watts and The Neptunes.

Their first single "HeartBreaker", which was produced by Daft Punk, contains slower elements of the Daft Punk song "Human After All".

Recently, they have finished the title track for the American movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift soundtrack called "Tokyo Drift (Fast and the Furious)" and have gained international attention as a result.