R&B artist Audrey Nuna discusses Amazon Music’s “Message In Music,” her inspirations and her hopes to normalize diversity in media.
Tag: rap
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 […]