Jero - The First Black Enka Singer in Japan

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 9 2008 Published in: Music Tags: , , , ,

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26-year-old American Jero is being described in the Japanese press as the first ever black professional Enka singer in history.

Jero who had a computer engineering degree at the University of Pittsburgh hadn’t planned on becoming a singer, until he was spotted at a karaoke contest by JVC’s scout, where he was a runner-up.