Buddha Brand was a legendary Japanese hip hop group that formed in 1990. The group are widely considered to be one of the
most influential and renowned Japanese hip hop groups to date. In 2005, Buddha Brand went on a hiatus, and some of the
members went on to join the underground hip hop group Illmatic Buddha MC's. In 2015, one of the core emcees of Buddha
Brand, Dev Large, passed away at the young age of 45, thus presumably putting an official end to Buddha Brand.
