Japanese Hip-Hop Duo Creepy Nuts Hit Dodger Stadium for Launch of Electrical Automobile Afeela

Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts — aka rapper R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga — had successful single this 12 months with the monitor “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Scorching 100 (the place it has remained for 19 straight weeks) and No. 8 on the Billboard World 200. The pair cruised by means of Dodger Stadium on Saturday to carry out the monitor by including just a little vroom-vroom to their first-ever U.S. efficiency.

They delivered a two-song set that passed off simply exterior the centerfield line forward of the Dodgers’ 4:15 p.m. matchup in opposition to the Boston Purple Sox, the second of a three-game sequence. However this wasn’t typical pre-game leisure because the Sony Music act touched down at Dodger Stadium as a part of an activation for the brand new automotive model Afeela, a three way partnership from Sony and Honda.

There have been two prototypes on website, marking the primary unveiling of the automobile at a sporting occasion and one of many first main appearances exterior of back-to-back showings on the Client Electronics Present in Las Vegas. Sedan pre-orders start in 2025 with deliveries eyed to start in North America in spring 2026. Afeela options superior sensing know-how, a noise-cancelling cabin, spatial audio, automated parking and AI driving help.

R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga emerged from the automobile to kick off their efficiency as a cloud of smoke filtered out from a machine positioned not removed from a gaggle of influencers on website to absorb the scene, together with the Anime Males, Forrest Jones, Hannah Kosh, Adam Barrera, Che Mosley, Jacki Jing, Novak and Micah, amongst others.

“The Afeela prototype is a formidable feat of know-how, and we’re so glad that Sony Honda Mobility selected Dodger Stadium as the primary sports activities venue on this planet to show their uniquely designed prototype,” mentioned Lon Rosen, govt vp and chief advertising officer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “It’s a strong validation of the Dodgers’ platform for supporting new product launches and driving model resonance efforts throughout key precedence markets.”

See the efficiency under. Oh, and for these within the motion on the sector, the Dodgers gained Saturday’s recreation 7-6 in an exhilarating 11-inning recreation, occurring to ultimately sweep all the sequence 3-0.