Asian Americans in Hip-Hop, the overlooked story. Bad Rap is a documentary that follows four seasoned and up’n’coming Asian American rappers: Dumbfounded (aka DFD, PARKER), Awkwafina, Rekstizzy, and Lyricks. Guest cameos interviews include other Asian American rappers such as Jin, Far East Movement, Jay Park, Traphik, Decipher and more. Right now producer and director Salima Koroma and Jaeki Cho are trying to crowd fund through Indiegogo for some monetary support to finish up this documentary (film more artists, travel, editing, post-production, marketing expenses, etc). …
Tag: 2014
Another interesting midseason sitcom picked up by ABC is Black-Ish. It’s about a suburban upper middle class black family living in a mostly white community. The Johnson family deals with issues of identity, culture, and class. The father character Andre wonders if his family is forgetting their black roots while in the process of quickly assimilating into an affluent lifestyle. Black-Ish is loosely based on the life of writer and producer Kenya Barris. The show is executive produced by the staring actors, …
Completing the trifecta of POC sitcoms coming soon to ABC, we have Cristela staring comedian Cristela Alonzo. This show is about a young Mexican American woman, a 6th year law student who’s stuck living with her family while she’s figuring out her future goals, and dealing with her identity as a Latina and American (navigating between two cultures). Cristela is co-written by Cristela Alonzo and Kevin Hench. The show’s cast includes Terri Hoyos, Roxana Ortega, Carlos Ponce, Andrew Leeds, Sarah Halford, and fellow comedian Gabriel Iglesias. Cristela Trailer …
Little is known about Nigerian musician William Onyeabor, other than the fact that he is a pioneer in electronic and synthesizer music in Africa in the 1970’s and 80’s. In the late 90s, DJs, musicians, and music enthusiasts in the west re-discovered William Onyeabor through compilations and his vinyl catalog. Questions soon arose about the man behind the music (William Onyeabor also dabbled in filmmaking). Noisey recently released a documentary Fantastic Man, which tries to uncover the story of William Onyeabor, and get …
In the mid-late 90’s there was a House track, “Icy Lake” by Dat Oven, which ruled the dance floors, popular with the gay vogue and ballroom dance scenes. Fast forward to 2000’s and now, the electronic sounds form “Icy Lake” some how wound up in machismo UK Grime tracks as well as more recent House and Techno productions. Recently THUMP along with the labels Night Slugs & Fade to Mind released a documentary exploring the history behind “Icy Lake”, and …
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