Far East Movement and Bruno Mars – Asian Americans!
Once again, Asian Americans are making progress, and this time in mainstream music!
After Jin faded from fame in the rapping world in the US, there haven’t been too many Asian Americans making headlines until now. Not only are these artists making headlines, they are on the top of the charts too!
FAR EAST MOVEMENT
I first got wind of this group while watching a cable channel called AZN television with their rap. Now their more recent music has more of a dance beat to it, but the fans are loving it, especially “Like a G6″ (that’s a private jet, not a Pontiac car). Honestly though, I enjoyed their older song called “Western” which is definitely more rap and less dance. I don’t discriminate either as a good song is a good song and a bad one a bad song regardless of race.
This band came out of LA and the ethnicity of the band includes Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean. The band members are- Nishimura, James (Prohgress) Roh, Jae (J-Splif) Choung and Virman (DJ Virman) Coquia. They have used a lot of social media and marketing to put themselves in this position.
BRUNO MARS
He has exploded into the scene with some very good collaborations before coming out with his own smash hit “Just the Way You Are”. He was born in Hawaii of Puerto Rican and Filipino descent and just recently released his album “Doo-Wops & Hooligans”. We look forward to hearing a lot more from him.
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