HardKnock.TV takes you Behind the Scenes into the Beat Junkies studio while Rhettmatic and Buff1 work on their new collaborative album; self titled “Crown Royale”.
In this segment DJ Rhettmatic talks about coming up in Hip Hop as an Asia American. Rhett says that he thinks Filipinos and Asians in general are starting to get their just due in Hip Hop. Rhett remembers that coming up he was hated on by some Filipinos who called him a fligger and asked him if he wanted to be black. At the same time he got hated on from the hip hop community until he showed and proved that he belong. Rhett goes on to say that people try to call him an Asian American Hip Hop artists but that he rather think of himself as a Hip Hop artists that happens to be Asian American. Rhett goes on to talk about some of the Asian Americans doing big things in Hip Hop like Ill Mind, Chad Hugo, DJ Q-Bert, Jabbawockeez and more.

Crown Royale album is in stores now! Interview by Mark Anthony Jenkins and Nick Huff Barili.

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http://www.hardknock.tv Devi Dev talks Tupac (2Pac) with Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones III (QD3), Tyrese Gibson, Andrew Young, Jeff Johnson and John Hope Bryant at 5MK (5 Million Kids) launch event. QD3 and Quincy Jones share their memories of Tupac and discuss how his music was about to shift before he got shot. Ive been told by more than a few people close to Pac that he was going to leave Death Row and tone down the thug persona. A step in this direction was the One Nation album that he recorded with Boot Camp Clik that has never been released and was intended to help squash West/East Coast tension at the time. This is Part 1 and We are just getting started! Tune in next week for more on this 5MK round table where the legendary panel talks, Lil Wayne, Re-Defining the meaning of Success, 5 Million Kids and why we keep dumbing ourselves down, among other topics. For more information about 5MK check out www.5millionkids.org

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