TRASH or PASS! Fort Minor ( Kenji ) [REACTION!!!]

[@LayedBakDFR]

Here’s the link to the Patreon for request and Merch discount 🔥🔥🤘🏽-> patreon.com/Layedbakdfr ‪

[@thenuclearreactor9334]

Hell ya my guy I love this song!!

[@freddyakajosemunoz2244]

Do lil baby the bigger picture plz

[@thenuclearreactor9334]

Yes most definitely true

[@silvergod1936]

React to "my name (shinedown)" pls

[@jarethdonnovan9921]

Yoo big man long shot but how do I inbox you as I got a song u can review 🤔 let me know if u can

[@obxboy11]

Mike Shinoda is easily one of the most slept on artist of all time

[@Realmaddybro]

No doubt about that

[@JJumper8888]

Facts

[@Arnamoo]

Preach bro

[@briandaniel7514]

He was one of the main reasons Linkin Park is one of my favorite bands....

[@s.a.cmajor5822]

i hope it stays that way i dont want casuals saying they've been a fan since forever ha

[@eneita7877]

The song is based on interviews with Mike Shinoda's father and aunt who were interned in Manzanar during World War II. So it actually is a real story🤝

[@TheSixonezero]

My family was interned in Manzanar as well. Grandfather was fighting in Europe while his brothers, sisters, parents, wife and daughter were in that camp.

[@lyricalmike7162]

@@ameliawinston3216 The British created concentration camps within the Boer Wars when Dutch women and children were forced into them. FDR hated the Japanese and provoked the Japanese to commit Pearl Harbor due to the Hull Note which tied the hands of Japan, thus this novel state of war with Japan prompted FDR to put the Japanese into concentration camps. Concentration Camps were not common within the “old times”, these were created by the liberal democracies of the world within the first Boer War waged upon the Dutch South Africans.

[@lyricalmike7162]

@@ameliawinston3216 How old are you?

[@lyricalmike7162]

@@ameliawinston3216 Well that’s just the thing, they didn’t, as a matter of fact, the leader of Germany praised Japanese culture as better than German culture. The victors of WW2 intentionally distorted the history to say Germany hated anyone who wasn’t German, that’s completely false. Germany had the most diverse army in the world, even Indians fought for them.

[@lyricalmike7162]

@@ameliawinston3216 I recommend you watch the Greatest Story Never Told (the one about Adolf) and the Fascifist who is an Indian that discusses these topics, God bless you.

[@seekerofshadowlight]

This is about how the US treated Japanese American citizens in WWII. This is based on Mike Shinoda's father and aunts experience's in the interment camps and after

[@s.a.cmajor5822]

they suspected spies and terrorism, some states like Colorado refused to put their Japanese citizens in internment camps.

[@ShadowMoon878]

They called it "Internment Camps" but it was more like a Concentration Camp. All because they are not white coz I'm pretty sure German-Americans aren't out in camps too...

[@HillVillageDragon]

Executive Order 9066 -- A piece of legislation that will, to turn a phrase, “live in infamy”.

[@shawnthompson2303]

Happened up here in Canada, too.

[@nycriotgrrrl6110]

The Japanese people were oppressed, Irish, Polish, Hungarian, Native Americans,(who were unscrupulousy oppressed, viciously killed off by Italian European's) African Americans, Palestinians, and the list goes on and on. We live in a world full of "civilized people" supposedly. Humanity as a whole in general have a great deal of really needing to start looking within ourselves, and at what's really the core issues at hand. It's going to be extremely difficult because there's so much manipulation, propaganda, and so much we don't know. This 🌍 seems to be rigged with too much misinformation; it's so hard to desipher. Anyway my apologies if I went way to hard with this matter. I know all that I can do personally for myself is to keep an open mind, remember that love begets love and hate begets hate, kindness can save a life, spirituality is so important IMHO, live the best life you can live, and know we are in this together. ❣️✌️☯️🕉️⚛️

[@VANTARTS]

Mike Shinoda is underrated.....an artist...know instrumentation very well...can sing/rap and a lyrical genius

[@irkhan4505]

he can play guitar, piano, dj set and a little bit drums, this guy's insane

[@briandeissinger3102]

True story too shedding light on a piece of american history they try to make us forget

[@Probablylani]

Don’t forget-he can draw insanely well too.

[@AlexanderKahrs]

"Is this a true story?" Me: (vaguely nods, knowing what's coming) Happy to see this one get checked out!

[@Anthony-dy5cq]

You can't trash a man's family history.

[@shreykundra6064]

This song is beyond a rating - Mike Shinoda told Jay-Z (who executive produced the album) that this is one of the two tracks on the album that he can't touch and it's gotta be on the record, nuff said. Mike Shinoda is an underrated musical genius.

[@pradeephinduja8765]

What was the other song?

[@kabirkhurana7261]

whats the other song

[@arturohernandez7625]

@@pradeephinduja8765 Where you’d go

[@r.g.3480]

I remember checking out the lyrics in the small booklet that came with the CD (we old fam). It had a note from Mike saying that he used the word "jap" for historical precision and that he doesn't think its cool or hip. What a phenomenal album.

[@CrazeeAdam]

I would say not, considering he is part Japanese :( it's always been kind of racist slur/term I thought

[@robertmorgan9708]

@@CrazeeAdam He was using the epithet in a pointed artistic way to use the words used to describe them, not because he enjoyed the term.

[@shannonhayes5762]

Yep, I hear it in the artistic sense. My husband, Miyasaki, (Japanese on his father's side, immigrated from Japan as well), his father was there, in the camps, this shit is real AF! Thank you Mike Shinoda for this dope ass revelation, 🙌 the awareness, the realness, and the song itself, lyrics and beats=DOPE AF REALNESS! Since my husband passed 11/2020, I've been stuck Post Traumatic, (it's helped), Mike Shinoda's genius has brought the reality and truth the Japanese wrongfully suffered through to the front lines. (Note to JZ, this song HAD to get out! MS, battle well chosen, I know you've done them all proud) Well Done! Keep making the music Shinoda! It matters and helps more than you know! 💯

[@robinkrosby5851]

I remember that. Oh the joy of opening a cd for the first time and reading the lyrics whilst listening

[@SeroxMorales]

​@@shannonhayes5762sorry for your loss 🙏🏻 You have a good taste in music! Mike Shinoda is a genius and I love LP since I was a kid.

[@bigcomfycouchh]

Hell yeah great track by a great artist MIKE SHINODA

[@helderkendy1]

Yeahh, mike KENJI Shinoda

[@bigcomfycouchh]

@@helderkendy1 yessirrrrr

[@at_oussama]

always getting chills and tears while listening to this, absolute masterpiece.

[@miguelmurillo5009]

This ain’t story this is history

[@UchiMang]

Wow I totally forgot about this song. This one definitely hits home for me because my grandparents, being Japanese-American, had to go through the very same situation. Luckily my grandmother was very young when they went to the camps so she remembered her time there in a much more light-hearted eye but my grandfather was 19 or 20 at the time so his experience was very different. Our family was fortunate enough to not lose our dry-cleaning business as a family friend took over the business while they were sent to camp. It was a crazy time that everyone was going through... Crazy times indeed.

[@ZenNeonRazor]

Mike Shinoda is an underrated rapper, He was always up there as one of my favorite he can tell amazing stories, I always loved LP because of Chester and Mike but when Mike did his own rap album it was just phenomenal. People take America and the Freedoms with have for granted they don't understand the things that many people and their families went through.

[@AaronWalker2008]

Facts

[@JoeyShip]

I grew up with Japanese folks in my neighborhood who were born in the US and lived in the camps with their entire family for months strictly because the country was afraid of them because they were Japanese. This camp was 10 minutes outside of Long Beach, CA.

[@davidowens2067]

Yes my friend, this is something that the United States doesn’t like to talk about. This song hits a different way in 2020.

[@PiousSlayer]

Every country has done fucked up things, especially to their own citizens. It's a fact that we cannot forget about or ignore. Japan did some terrible things as well, like Unit 731. That said, in the past times during the war, on one hand you can't truly blame the government for doing what they did. It was a precautionary thing to try and protect themselves from spies, etc. I also don't think the camps were nearly as bad as the ones in Germany were. They were most likely totally different, actually.

[@upsidedownmonkey]

@@PiousSlayer As much as I understand the fear of spies and espionage, I have to say that (with family members who were in Manzanar) that should not be done to anybody. They weren’t concentration camps, yes, but they were sure as hell were no walks in the park either. I mean no disrespect to the USA, and I agree that a lot of countries do screwed up things to their people. However, no people as a whole needs to be incarcerated for their government’s actions.

[@sean_mccadden]

@@PiousSlayer I get what your saying but just because other countries commit atrocities doesn’t give us the right to do so also. Those people deserved just as much respect as any other citizen in the country. Plus these camps still exist. Just because the people that hold them are “illegal”, but the conditions are completely inhumane.

[@CrazeeAdam]

mmm. they don't like to admit that they said "okay lets put people in pens based on their race" twice in history (at least)

[@iwsfutsalcimindi9518]

Fyi: Kenji was Mike Shinoda's grand dad, Kenji Shinoda. The voices were Mike's father and aunt. So it was a real story.

[@abhishekwankhede6181]

That's mike shinoda from Linkin park bro!

[@chelvismusic]

thank you to the person who requested this :) you should also check out Right now by Fort Minor , or Where´d you go (feat. Skylar Grey) also you could check out In the end (demo) by Linkin Park, they officially released it just a few days ago

[@gabrielaburiu9217]

Fact: Mike Shinoda's middle name is Kenji, after his grandfather.

[@ryantoussaint7873]

It is a true story plus his middle name is Kenji too.

[@kevinhansson2177]

"Names have ben changed, but the story is true... My family was locked up back in '42"

[@TenaciousJoe24]

Top favorite song! Petrified, welcome and where'd you go and the rising tied album 🔥!!

[@streamspoart2671]

Yes!! Finally, this song so underrated, only 2 youtubers react to this song, included you

[@empressstrange8014]

Bruh this is why I was trying to get you to listen to this months ago while I could afford the patreon! Mike puts his heart and soul into his music and it just hits different!

[@The_Skrub]

Holy shit, yesterday I commented on him finding Fort Minor, and here we are! Highly, HIGHLY recommend "Slipped Out The Back". Mike Shinoda is an amazing story teller with his lyrics.

[@jadismydad3809]

Mike is such an underrated musician.

[@MsJaycee77]

Dope Reaction!! Appreciate Mike's Storytelling Just As Much As His Rapping/Instrument Skills 🔥🔥🔥

[@LDMco]

OG song made my mike. lovin the reactions lately

[@Agispsi]

Kenji gives me chills man, it hurts thinking about how not in control of our own lives we really are. It takes one event to turn everything upside down and countless lives are destroyed. The suffering caused by humanity is horrifying. The potential for evil is crushing.

[@-Gax-]

Kia Ora from New Zealand, my bro. Much love, Fort Minor are OP AF,

[@kiharihate2897]

This song always gets my waterworks running, much love, try Petrified, High Road, and Believe me (My english is bad, sorry)

[@Arcdemon44]

Half of the two headed vocal giant that Linkin Park used to be. Him and Chester are my two favorite vocalists since I was a little kid.

[@Corvy952]

My freshman high school history teacher played this for us when were on a ww2 unit. Already being a lp fan, this was a huge surprise, he was a cool teacher

[@mikekelsey10]

Legendary teacher. Too many teachers tell a one sided story to stick to the curriculum.

[@ChichiNaka]

tried to bring this up in highschool history class when people were sharing stories about what their ancestors went through in America and got shouted down by the 6 black kids in my class because 'only black people have been the targets of real racism' 👉 👉 super fun.

[@natedizzle2321]

Some people don’t own a dictionary allowing them to see the definition of racism. Just because some cases are a bit more severe in different opinions, doesn’t allow anyone to over step one cause over the other. Racism is racism point blank.

[@upsidedownmonkey]

America人が日本人の闘争忘れた... or they belittle it. But I guess that’s our job to remember.

[@andreneves33]

For what I see a lotta people don't know their own country's history..sad that that side of USA history is tossed way..

[@verzi4396]

this sounds like a ragebait story ngl lol

[@ChichiNaka]

@@verzi4396 Yeah because black x asian relations have gotten so much better in the three years since this comment right? ;) #stopasianhate was literally "hey black teenagers can you please stop punching old asian ladies in the back of the head for tiktok clout"

[@silveraddiction52]

Mike is so underappreciated and underrated. Such a major talent. One of the best!

[@imadsaji8717]

layedbak surprised looks made my day everytime I see his reactions

[@timbrook88]

One of the worst parts about the internment of Japanese-Americans during WW2, is that the 442nd Infantry Regiment (which was made up entirely of Japanese-Americans who volunteered for service) is still the most decorated unit in US military history. Their motto was “Go for broke” and they did. Their service to the country that locked them up was exemplary and deserving of more recognition.

[@yungangel7945]

Damnnnnn never thought this reaction would come

[@LucasGenari]

Do "Fort Minor - Right Now" please

[@Realmaddybro]

One of the most underrated musician ever... The guy can sing write make beats and eat it... Such a phenomenal artist ❤

[@MsJaycee77]

Where'd you go-Another great one by them 💯

[@KASEPO]

Damn, Mike is so Easily over looked and often under rated. The guy not only makes awesome, fire beats to suit the time the lyric writing and the performances man... this guy is just a straight up artist. This song just forces you to step into someone else's shoes in a time most of us weren't even there for and makes us feel. Michael Kenji Shinoda is a fkn legend! This, red to black and slip out the back 👌great songs on the album.

[@kiransistla6013]

Very glad you reacting to Fort Minor. Mike needs more recognition. I'm proud I have been there since the beginning.

[@ShadySanny]

Love Mike shinoda . Underrated as a Part of LP and even more underrated as rapper or solo artist. This guy is pure talent.

[@SotonSam]

I'm British and moved to Canada. My wife is Japanese Canadian. I learned that her grandfather was taken, with some trash bags and taken and put into a camp with other Japanese people. After the war, they just let them out and gave them a ticket to anywhere. He chose Ontario. In his 80's, many many many years later, the prime minister of Canada wrote and signed a letter to him officially apologising and given a cheque of some money. (No where near enough for what he went through) but he was never salty and was happy to be in Canada and wanted the best for his kids, which are now parents and aunties to my wife. This was in Canada Watch George Takei TedTalk. Same thing happened to him and his family. A lot of people don't know about this as it was swept under the rug.

[@ravenna6543]

I'm more surprised that you never knew what our government did to Japanese citizens. Taxpayers. Japanese Americans and Black Americans have much in common when it comes to experiencing prejudice and hate from a country that they love.

[@xak3pp]

maybe he is stupid

[@ShadowMoon878]

@@xak3pp *ignorant. All these events are never mentioned in school history books.

[@Kafinated.]

@@ShadowMoon878 Can't speak on all classes across the U.S., but in Missouri it is 100% part of the curriculum talked about in depth when going over the sections of WW1 and WW2 in the U.S. History Course. Right after Pearl Harbor and right before the Red Scare. Both in AP and non-AP courses.

[@Bluejanza]

This is kind of a late response to this comment, but I used to live close to some of the places where there were old internment camps in Washington state. When I first moved there, I remember a commercial for a fair at Puyallup... one of the former internment camps. 20 years later and I can sing that song word for word. XD

[@MrHawkey17]

I haven’t heard this track in years bring so many memories 👌🏼

[@dogleggedhades0]

This song is the reason I researched internment camps. Real art right here.

[@musik-gaming9494]

My guy ! You are traveling down a path of full fledged creative artist mike shinoda ! He is truly one of my idols in music and art style ! Much love for this vid and song !

[@MedskiPurnamski]

I always cry whenever I hear this song. I don't know why, but it's like I can feel the anger and sadness in his rap. What breaks me the most is the part where they got back home and found all the hate fueled destruction of their property, it just hit you right in the guts.

[@VerchielxKanda]

Yes, it is DEFINITELY true. Even the comedian George Carlin talks about this in his You Have No Rights video. Just type in Japanese Americans 1942 and you'll see the horrors.

[@7GabriEl7FM7]

I love the reaction my bro. Very true & humble.💯🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@chefmoto2420]

i feel this. this a real story may dude.

[@ItsBlackSheepVision]

Omg this songgggg Do other Mike songs reactions 🤩

[@antpp7530]

Please react to "Welcome" by fort minor

[@martinportales8626]

One of my favorite Shinoda songs. High voltage reanimation and Hands Held high are my top 2. I've got a question. Do you know anything about the pearl harbor attack and the aftermath?

[@IzGeorge]

This track makes me cry every time. Like, how can we do things like this to each other...?

[@taztrexx]

What a throwback. I brought this song up back in high school days when we had to read Farewell to Manzanar. Ridiculously good song.

[@nickelakon5369]

Same, i found this song around the time we were reading that book in class.

[@CragusMaximus]

The rising tied is in my top 10 albums of all time. 1 incredible experience. Please react to: slip out the back & red to black 🔥

[@treyhitchcock68]

Man I forgot about this some it still hits just as hard as it did back in elementary school

[@tobiasluecke2292]

Mike is definitely one of the greatest artists of all time!🔥❤️

[@iamcraigy]

Love from the UK

[@wintertrooper7918]

it's sad how little our education system in america talks about how horrible we were to our own people in WW2 these people did nothing more than being born

[@HrZD16]

Kenji has to be one of the realest songs Mike has ever made.

[@AlrightokayAO]

A real story with that kind of lyric prowess is crazy. Another Fort Minor track: Out The Back. Great videos man.

[@DanielLopez-jl7is]

I used this song for a presentation in highschool and the teacher was gobsmacked. You should check out their other good songs such as Believe Me, High Road, and another classic you’d love Where’d You Go

[@jnonymous]

I respect the reaction and your humanity 🙏

[@chronos1111]

Nice reaction Layedbak. Love this whole album, The Rising Tied Health is wealth bro

[@davidnissim589]

Mike is a fantastic rapper/songwriter/producer, but his solo stuff is far overshadowed by all of Linkin Park's albums (which he also produced as well). He's a very talented guy all around.

[@ryantoussaint7873]

Fort Minor - Kenji....lets go!!!!

[@frogthug12]

Bro this whole fort minor album is fire

[@danielhamilton5236]

When I first heard this I was blown away, but its true that nobody talked about

[@kaosdays2146]

This is one of those songs that brings tears to my eyes

[@HopeAnchors7]

Definitely gotta do In stereo off this same album. Great reaction, makes me wanna go listen to this album again!

[@gamerclips1882]

Woke up to this unexpected reaction, one of M shinodas best tracks

[@eric_tha_ric]

I listen to this song a lot when I run. Not many more songs make you think than this one. Shinoda just lays out the facts. Scary and sad, just amazing.

[@alanedwards6734]

Love you’re videos bro ❤️

[@tooreosonecup4995]

Wasn’t expecting this but I’m so happy it’s here! Let’s get it!

[@monkeygroovin5597]

Yoooo I’m early FIRE SQUAD

[@JJumper8888]

Layedbak it was the story of his fam back in WW2

[@nightbane727]

I've been waiting for this reaction for ages good on you for getting it done bro

[@OracleEND]

Aw man this a throwback right here for those who know 🔥🔥🔥

[@tjmoore428]

One of the best rap songs out there. It’s up there man

[@markhasselblad9367]

i havenever heard this song wooow that was. so so good. such a good song

[@ryanhalien8468]

Yeah man, Shinoda is the truth, been a huge fan since Linkin Parks first album, nothin had changed since, he’s great. I really wish for minor had some more stuff. The Rising Tied was a great album, you should check out some more from it

[@OlderThanTime09]

This is such an important song. Too many people don't even know this happened.

[@fidelguerra2164]

The part that chokes me up is the "in the back of his mind, he wanted his family's life saved."

[@stevenmccaffrey6194]

yo that fort minor the rising tide cd was dope front to back... i was giving the world some second hand fort minor on the subs when i was a teen.. hell i still bump that cd sometimes..

[@jontorres5422]

This is one of my favorite fort minor songs

[@streamstriker7822]

Yes this song is about his family. His full name is Mike Kenji Shinoda.

[@brayanleon4005]

I remember learning about that in high school. Ya many Japanese were sent to camps and even a substitute teacher that I used to have went to one of those camps. Many students asked how did they know if you were Japanese? Easy just by your name. But many of my classmates I bet they don't know since they don't pay attention. I love history good and bad.

[@demonslayer6588]

Fort Minor Where’d you go

[@jarethdonnovan9921]

Yoo this is life as it stands back then n still stands the same now this government is messed up bro you doing bits 💯💪 keep the grind up my guy 💪💪

[@noahstickle910]

His setup is so nice

[@shazboz]

Lava lamp lookin litty

[@mblogan]

Kenji!!! Never thought I’d see this!

[@pavelgeiba]

Fort Minor - Right now is must to listen 200%

[@jeritroxel8920]

This song hits close to home. my family wasnt in the internment camp they were trying to survive Hiroshima. The radiation still gives us severe health problems. Thank you to fort minor for telling his story. most people had never herd of the internment camps until this song came out.

[@isaiahlaitinen]

His grandparents were first-generation Japanese immigrants who had to stay in an internment camp.

[@DarkSpartanFTW]

The worst part is that it took until 1988 before the US apologized to the Japanese Americans for what happened in the internment camps. It’s real sad.