Looking for new underground hiphop? The last 10 years have seen the rise of a growing Asian/Pacific Islander American hiphop scene, including groups like
Blue Scholars,
Native Guns (consisting of
Bambu &
Kiwi),
Power Struggle,
Typical Cats, and
Magnetic North. Also of note is the solid number of women taking up the role of MC'ing in the scene-
Rocky Rivera,
Hopie Spitshard,
The Skim,
Sun The Real Sun(exception - Canadian). (Multiple Youtube links, natch)
posted by yeloson
on Nov 5, 2010 -
33 comments
"We're Asian and Pacific Islander Americans 'living on the rim,' where our diverse cultures and the everyday American lifestyle become one...Whether we're sipping green tea or enjoying a Big Mac® sandwich, we're helping make the magic mix called America become even richer. And McDonald's is right there with us, everyday!" Learn more at
i-am-asian.com
posted by punishinglemur
on May 7, 2004 -
22 comments
A cyclone has essentially
flattened the tiny Pacific island nation of Niue. Although only one of the island's 1200 inhabitants has died, the infrastructure is so battered that the government may simply
call it quits, ceding control to New Zealand. Although suffering from sharp population declines over the years, Niue had been one of the most technologically advanced microstates, being the first country to
install free Wi-Fi accessible to all of its residents and visitors. And they control the top-level domain
.nu - or do they? The recent natural disaster may highlight the fact that the story of the .nu domain is one of
economic and legal exploitation. And if Niue folds, can you run a website from a domain attributed to a
deleted country? A fascinating sidebar to this fascinating story. (Via
/.)
posted by PrinceValium
on Jan 12, 2004 -
6 comments
