List of Asian-American hip hop musicians
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Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 music continues to grow and influence all walks of life, there are many Asian-American artists and groups that are currently making their mark on the hip-hop scene. Polynesian
Polynesians
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 and Pacific Islander
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Pacific Islander , is a geographic term to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia:...

 contributors are included on this list.

List of Asian American artists

  • apl.de.ap
    Apl.de.ap
    Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. better known as apl.de.ap , is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas.-Early life:Pineda was born in Belfast...

  • Aziatix
    Aziatix
    Aziatix is an Asian-American music group composed of Eddie Shin, Flowsik, and Nicky Lee. The individuals in the group were brought together by veteran producer Jae Chong...

  • Bambu De Pistola
  • Chan
    Chan
    -People:* Chan Marshall, American musician better known as Cat Power* Chan , Chinese surname; Mandarin transcription of the same name is Chen ** Agnes Chan , Hong Kong singer, also famous in Japan...

  • CHOPS
    CHOPS
    Chops is the stage name of Scott Jung, an Asian American hip hop producer, rapper and former member of the Asian American Hip-Hop group the Mountain Brothers. Jung grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has Chinese ancestry...

  • Caino
    Caino
    Caino is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy located near Valle del Garza. It is bounded by other communes of Nave and Lumezzane....

  • Chuckie Akenz
    Chuckie Akenz
    C-A aka Phong Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian rapper. He was born on January 21, 1986. He grew up in the notorious Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Chuckie rose to notoriety with the filming of an amateur rap video called "You Got Beef?" The music video was widely viewed on the...

  • Cool Calm Pete
    Cool Calm Pete
    Cool Calm Pete is a Korean American rapper and producer with a sometimes hypnotically slow, lazy-sounding rapping style. Pete was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Queens, New York. Pete is one of the three members of the hip-hop group Babbletron. Cool Calm Pete's debut solo album Lost was...

  • Dan the Automator
    Dan the Automator
    Daniel M. Nakamura , better known by the stage name Dan the Automator, is a Japanese-American hip hop producer. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Records during its short existence....

  • Denizen Kane
  • DJ Qbert
  • Dumbfoundead
    Dumbfoundead
    Jonathan Park , better known by his stage name Dumbfoundead, is a Korean American battle rapper originating from the Los Angeles Underground's Project Blowed...

  • Emcee T
    Emcee t
    Emcee T is an Chinese American entrepreneur, journalist, hip hop rapper, music and video producer, and television programming host. The self-proclaimed "Chinese King of the Bay ", Emcee T is gaining popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area.-History:Musically, Emcee T has worked with rappers...

  • EXP
    Ex-plicit linez
    Brandon Jermaine Yun, better known by his stage name EXP , formerly EX-PLICIT LINEZ, is a Korean American rapper and Former Radio personality for New York Korean Radio NYKR 1660 AM, a mutual protégé of Drunken Tiger and Lee Hyun Do a.k.a D.O...

  • Geologic
    Blue Scholars
    Blue Scholars is a hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington, created in 2002 while the members, DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic, were students at the University of Washington....

  • Hopie
  • Illmind
    Illmind
    Illmind is a Filipino American hip hop producer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He participated in Beat Society, competing against well-known acts like Kanye West and Just Blaze. Illmind has created music for underground artists such as Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Supastition, and El...

  • Jay Park
    Jay Park
    Park Jaebeom , also known as Jay Park, is an American recording artist, dancer, rapper, music producer, b-boy, songwriter, composer and actor...

  • Jin
    Jin (rapper)
    Jin Au-Yeung , who performs under the stage name MC Jin, is a Hong Kong hip hop rapper, songwriter, and actor. Growing up in the Miami, Florida area, and later living in New York City, he decided to reside permanently in his motherland, Hong Kong...

  • J Nham
  • KeyKool
  • Kiwi
  • Rocky Rivera
  • Ruby Ibarra
  • Shin-B
  • Southstar
    Southstar
    SouthStar is an Asian American hip-hop artist who is best known for his music in the hip-hop duo Smilez and Southstar based in Orlando, Florida. Southstar is Chinese/Filipino-American....

  • St.-509 aka Steven T.
  • Traphik
    Traphik
    Traphik , also known as Timothy DeLaGhetto, is a rapper, comedian, and videographer. Aside from rapping, Traphik also makes online parody and comedy videos.-Filmography:-Youtube Channels:...

  • Nujabes
    Nujabes
    was a Japanese hip hop producer and DJ who recorded under the name , the reverse spelling of his name in Japanese order. Nujabes was also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions....

  • Krystal Jung
    Krystal Jung
    Krystal Jung , better known mononymously as Krystal, is an American-born South Korean idol singer and actress. Discovered by SM Entertainment in 2000, she began filming for commercials and music videos by 2002...

  • Jessica Jung
  • Tiffany Hwang
  • Nichkhun Horvejkul
    Nichkhun Horvejkul
    Nichkhun Horvejkul ; is a Thai Chinese American singer in 2PM, a 6-member boy band that is active in South Korea and managed by JYP Entertainment.-Background:...

  • Julia Montes
  • Lea Salonga
    Lea Salonga
    Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...



List of Asian American groups

  • Dame Four
    Dame Four
    Dame Four was an R&B/Hip-Hop quartet consisting of Jamila "Mila J" Chilombo, Tomasina Parrot, Tennille Mathis, & Mercedes Nelson....

  • Far East Movement
    Far east movement
    Far East Movement is an Asian American electro hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish , Prohgress , J-Splif , and DJ Virman...

  • IAMMEDIC
    IAMMEDIC
    IAMMEDIC is an Electro Pop band originally formed in 2010 by leader, Enik Lin as a solo side project following the dissolution of his previous band and enlisted former Burning Tree Project co-member Andre Harris, and life long friend Danny Park. The band got its name from Lin’s personal struggles...

  • Magnetic North
  • Misnomer(s)
  • Mountain Brothers
    Mountain Brothers
    Mountain Brothers was an American hip hop group originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named after the legend of 108 mountain bandits depicted in the Chinese novel Water Margin, the group formed in 1994 after all attended the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania.The...

  • Native Guns
    Native Guns
    Native Guns was an American rap group that consisted of two Filipino American MC's and a Chinese American DJ from California. Based in both Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, the group consists of MCs Kiwi and Bambu, and DJ Phatrick...

  • Blush
    Blush (Asian band)
    Blush is a pop music girl group composed of five members from the Phillipines, India, China, Japan, and South Korea. They were formed by FarWest Entertainment in 2010 with the intent of popularizing an Asian vocal act in the United States as well as all of Asia...

  • SJB Seattle Hip Hop Duo
  • Oh My God
    Oh My God
    - Music :* Oh My God , an American indie rock band* Oh, My God! , the debut album of Doug E. Fresh* "Oh My God" , 1999* "Oh My God"...

  • Tatum Jones (formerly known as At Last (band)
    At Last (band)
    At Last was a hip hop a cappella group from Los Angeles, California. They first gained national recognition as finalists on the first season of America's Got Talent, having won their spot through viewer votes. The members of the group are Hans Cho, Michael H. Lee, Justin Fong and DJ Say...

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