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Cook Oliver

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Cook Oliver is a HIPHOPCs interviewer and writer covering Japanese and international hip-hop through long-form conversations, cultural context and first-person reporting.

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Alif Wolf Interview: “What Did You Say?”, Flow, Slumps and Being Seen

Five months after her first HIPHOPCs interview, Alif Wolf discusses “What Did You Say?”, a creative slump, changing flows and life under online scrutiny.

Cook Oliver August 21, 2026

CzTIGER Interview: FOR WHATEVER, Atlanta’s Zone 3 and What “Real” Requires

Cook Oliver August 19, 2026

CHEHON Interview: 25 Years of Reggae, “Midori,” Jamaica and the Human Voice

Cook Oliver August 19, 2026

JIRO Interview: “No Debt,” Asia, and UTA’s Role in Netflix’s Human Vapor

Cook Oliver July 18, 2026

Why Did Jose Guapo, Skooly, Shad Da God (Rich Kidz), T.I., Young Dro, Young Thug, 2 Chainz, and Bun B Move for Him? | Cz TIGER Exclusive Interview, Part 1

Cook Oliver May 16, 2026

[HIPHOPCs Exclusive Interview] Yayoi Daimon | Sharpened in LA. The Reality Carved in ‘Circulation’

Cook Oliver April 11, 2026

The madness and pathos that Jin Dogg’s ‘魑魅魍魎Chimi Moryo’, ‘Blue’, and ‘街風 Machi Kaze’ taught us—The story that began with those three songs

Cook Oliver December 17, 2025

【HIPHOPCs Exclusive Interview】The Japanese Rapper Who Built Connections in the South──The Secret Story Behind the Production of ‘Let’s Get To It’ by Cz TIGER and Legend Bun B (UGK)

Cook Oliver December 10, 2025