R&B artist Audrey Nuna discusses Amazon Music’s “Message In Music,” her inspirations and her hopes to normalize diversity in media.
Tag: rap
The Lookout: Asian American Advocacy Through Music and Special New Collaborations To Wrap Up APAHM
An intimate look into the life of some of music’s boldest AAPI women, what’s included in BTS’s McDonald’s collaboration and more on how a new clothing partnership promotes cross racial solidarity.
Spend Throwback Thursday Revisiting These Five Timeless Songs By 2000’s API rappers
The 2000’s was a groundbreaking era for hip-hop. For the first time in musical history, Asian Americans began emerging from the darkness of underground movements into the light of […]
Rapper Ruby Ibarra Pulls Back The Curtain Of The American Dream
Sitting on her living room floor when she was 4 years old, Ruby Ibarra heard Filipino rapper Francis Magalona for the first time. While his lyrics about social injustice […]
Beyond 88Rising, Asian American Gangster Rappers Lead the Charge
Yet again, Alex Pham found himself in juvie, this time a nine-month bid for a gun charge. The 16-year-old was no stranger to the system — this was his […]
Rich Chigga Drops New Single ‘Seventeen’
Can Brian Imanuel do no internet wrong? The Indonesian teenage rap sensation we love calling Rich Chigga released his latest self-produced single “Seventeen” yesterday (his first time), and you […]
Freestyle cypher: Rap duo Year of the Ox
Lyricks & JL make up the Korean rap duo, “Year Of The Ox.” We caught them recently after a they did a show in Little Tokyo with fellow Transparent […]
Dumbfoundead drops ‘Harambe’ ahead of new mixtape
Dumbfoundead is back with fresh music. The Los Angeles rapper’s “Harambe,” produced by Getter, was released Tuesday. The song – about the social injustice and paranoia surrounding the shooting […]
‘Show Me the Money 4’ to Hold Concerts in L.A. and NYC
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com After much speculation, Mnet has confirmed that popular Korean hip-hop competition series Show Me the Money 4 will be holding concerts in two U.S. cities […]
7 Asian Female Emcees Worth Bumping On Your Stereos
In a culture that’s been relatively dominated by a heterosexual male narrative, Hip Hop has been a hard place for women–let alone Asian American women–to truly dominate. As raptivist Aisha […]
Hyun-jin Ryu Shows Off His Rapping Skills in Korean Commercial
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Hyun-jin Ryu can drop a sweet change-up. But did you know he can drop bars, too? The Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw may have […]
Parker & Awkwafina Booking College Shows
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Parker, also known as Dumbfoundead, just finished off his Dead End Tour, but he’ll be back on the road soon with his […]
‘Bad Rap’ Documentary Asks: Where Are The Asian American Rappers?
by JAMES S. KIM Ever since hip-hop took off in the South Bronx in the 1970s, rappers around the world have embraced the music and culture, with many carving out […]
