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Eastern Conference All-Stars: 8 Pioneers In Asian American Hip-Hop


Don't look now but Far East Movement's "Like A G6" is currently sitting pretty at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In other words, Far East Movement has become the first all-Asian American rap group to score a legitimate smash hit. Everyone knows hip-hop was created and is dominated by African-Americans—and there are quite a number of white rappers to boot. Although Asian DJs pretty much run the entire turntable scene and there are more Asian rappers than you might think, only a handful have truly made an impact on a mainstream level in the States. So in honor of Far East Movement's milestone and the fact that their debut album, Free Wired, dropped yesterday, we put together Eastern Conference All-Stars: Great Moments In Asian American Hip-Hop.

Left To Right: DJ Virman, J-Spliff, Kev Nish, Prohgress

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    Paul October 13th, 2010 at 01:00 PM

    No Ben Baller?

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      Metrocard October 13th, 2010 at 04:32 PM

      He's not a rapper, G.

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        BIGGFREDD October 13th, 2010 at 04:54 PM

        NEITHER ARE THESE MUHFUCKAS!!

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    OW October 13th, 2010 at 02:45 PM

    If you're going to include Fresh Kid Ice, then technically, Joe Bataan (half-Filipino, half-African American) was clearly the first Asian American rapper given his 1979 rap hit "Rap-O, Clap-O."

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    Yellow Rebel October 13th, 2010 at 06:03 PM

    Fresh Kid Ice is Trini/Chinese

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    FOXY October 13th, 2010 at 06:35 PM

    no love for foxy brown (half black and filipino)?

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    Paul October 14th, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    Roscoe Umali? Drunken Tiger? Ya'll need to start listening to some GOOD music.

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    phenmetrazine October 14th, 2010 at 10:57 PM

    So OW is no longer laughably claiming Joe Bataan is the first rapper period? Well, that's progress. Bataan was already an old guy with a prior career in a different genre when he horned in on the black underground rap scene and jumped to market the gleanings.

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    fd October 15th, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    jin!? but no blue scholars!?

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    ThaShadowZ December 6th, 2011 at 04:38 PM

    Jin ain't get dropped lol why people keep thinkin that? He quit...Listen to FYI "...the only thing I got dropped from was my mother's womb"

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