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Part II of the interview.  You can find Part I here.


[…and made us realize we can’t and shouldn’t hide the fact we’re Asian]  I really respect that.  What has the reception been like within the hip hop entertainment community?


SURPRISE. hahah. We’ve had other artists and djs from radio stations say “I’ve been hearing your songs on the radio and always thought yall might be latino or white maybe… but when i looked yall up on the internet and saw FAR EAST MOVEMENT and yall were Asian i was really surprised.” To us, thats a compliment. it means they felt we sounded authentic to how they hear hip hop music. Hopefully the next time they hear or see an Asian artist it wont be as much of a shock.


[…we’re striving to be an Asian American Brand]  How has the support been like from the Asian American community so far, how are you trying to reach out or accomplish this?


The support has been amazing. Just within the growing Asian American entertainment community we’ve been lucky enough meet and become family with some of the most amazing people breaking down doors like Justin Lin, Suchin Pak, Sung Kang, Jin, Brian Tee, Roger Fan, Se7en, DJ Shine (Drunken Tiger), DJ Eman (Power106) and countless other musicians, djs, comedians, actors, directors, journalists, tv personalities, dancers, promoters and executives who have all helped us to the path that we’re on today. And our fans, friends and family are the inspiration and support who have driven us to never give up when doors don’t seem to open as fast as we’d like them to. Our first event ever was MOVEMENTALITY, the charity show we talked about earlier. We pride ourselves in doing as many charity shows, high school, college and community shows as we can, especially with the youth, so that we may reach out to the next generation and give back the love the community has shown us. We’ve started working with an assistant superintendant named Diann from a high school district in Sacramento to reach out to students and inspire them in the arts. Definitely be on the look out for FM working much more closely with schools in the near future.
 
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