It’s like you can’t even read or understand the basic logic of sentences. Nujabes pioneered nothing. Stick whatever label you like on his bland music if you need to.
Def Leppard is the polar opposite of lo-fi but you think they're lo-fi artists because they have shitty demo tapes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2XiEq5eE4 holy shit. this means that everyone pioneered lo-fi. LOL, bro. get it together. this is embarrassing.
The only thing that is embarrassing is the depth of your stupidity.
By all means, strictly delimit a made-up genre (based upon the confusion of internet neckbeards) and fix it by definition to ensure you remain correct - musically and musicologically your lo-fi genre and the artists within are replicating music that is sonically and functionally identical to music made a decade or two earlier. And try telling Pete Rock, The Bomb Squad, JayDee, MF Doom, RZA, almost any actual pioneer producers: “Wait you guys are mistaken, Nujabes was the pioneer of lo-fi hip hop, even though he came out years after you guys.” Try even doing the same with DJ Krush even if you want to remain in Japan. And even worse, you’re defending the honour (for some strange reason) of a producer whose music and beats are beyond lame. Keep enjoying your crappy music.
Who did J Dilla and Pete Rock sample and loop? Who did any of them sample and loop? The fact that you can't answer means that you're in the wrong genre, bro. Where are their chopped vocals?
I would love to hear you tell Daniel Boone that he's not a pioneer because some skeleton turned up. LOL.
This is lo-fi, from 1991 https://youtu.be/ZWCQQ1ZWi04