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Oct 10MY FAR EAST MOVEMENT STORY
On October 12, 2010. It will be a momentous occasion. Far East Movement will drop their first MAJOR LABEL album that day (#FREEWIRED). It is a huge day for not just them but everyone. This is a Asian-American Hip Hop group with a single that is blazing the Billboards Chart & dropping a album while its HOT! And for myself its a beautiful thing to see guys that you truly refer to as big brothers achieve a dream that they’ve been working so hard for.
Its a crazy trip to see the guys that have played such a huge influence of my life this past 5 years, go out and capture their dreams. They’re the reason why I do what I do. They’re the reason I have the guts to say fuck the system, and really do WHAT I WANT TO DO, to really go against the grain. And to see that its all paying off, I’m so happy for them.
This is my story of how I met these guys. It all started on this website called AznRaps.com. I was messaging back & forth w/ this rapper from LA on this page for a while (who would later be known as Kev Nish), I had just started throwing these college club events by myself at the WORLD FAMOUS CENTURY CLUB (RIP). I decided to book these guys named Far*East Movement, who had a A+ on one of their tracks on the AznRaps page. I really didn’t think much of them because I thought the track was dope, but it was a bit underground and I was afraid it wouldn’t bold well in the CLUB atmosphere.
(The first night I met these guys at the WORLD FAMOUS CENTURY CLUB)
That first night when I met them, I knew there was something special about these guys. They were WAY too NICE. Lol. Right away they gave me a free copy of their mixtape and thanked me for booking them. After running around the night, it was their time to go up. Man, I was blown away. I’ve never seen a hip hop act take control of a crowd like that before. I was instantly a fan. Made them sign a mixtape for me and told them I would keep it forever.
(Circa 2005)
A year later after I hooked up w/ Carl to start doing 18+ parties with him, I slowly integrated into part of the “FM Marketing team”. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. All my friends & classmates thought I was crazy, that I was promoting these “asian beastie boys”. The thing is that the guys made me feel like such a part of them, I always just thought of it more of my FRIENDS DOING MUSIC, and me believing in them so just helping on what I could. Those next couple years (my early 20’s) a lot of my “industry education” was from these guys. From fashion, marketing, to music, and to even food. (I’ve never eaten Korean BBQ or even hung out in KTOWN till these guys brought me out to these places). They were really the big brothers I’ve never had.
(My first cameo in a Fareast Movement Music Video!)
Kev was the big brother that always had the heart to heart talks with me. Lectures me about real life stuff, and always supporting me on everything I do. He really pushed me towards the things I’ve wanted to do but was too scared to go after. I always say I have an ear for good music because of this guy. James was the asshole big brother, that always picked on me. He did it out of love of course, and I was always scared of disappointing this guy, because when he’s disappointed in you, its a horrible feeling. James is fun to go out with because, he always makes sure everyone around him is having a good time. (also James bought me MOTREES.COM as a early birthday present lol.) Jae was that quiet older brother that I knew always had my back when shit popped off. I” always remember when he had my back in France for cannes, when he went off on those frenchmen lol. Also he is one of the reasons why Dwayne Fade, i mean Wade is one of my favorite basketball players too. Virman, Thank you for believing in me and taking a chance on me and letting me HOST that radio show in your store in LONG BEACH. That was an amazing opportunity and I’m forever grateful!
(A year later after Century Club, I booked you guys at LEVEL3 for the Tri-Party. The night that everyone got kicked out at 12:30 lol. If you noticed, I’m in the back begging the manager to let you guys finish your set. He is yelling at me. lol)
Thank you guys for being such a big part of my life. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for inspiring me & thousands of other kids. No matter what happens the next couple years you guys have made such a big impact on the world. You guys made HISTORY! I’ll always remember the random trips. The times sitting in the car w/ Kev talking about music and what would be a good sound, and constantly begging him to send me that never released “On the Bus track” (Imagine Dirty South meets FM). Vegas the week after VMA2008? and talking about how you guys are gonna get there one day (VMA2010 it happened!). And whenever a milestone came by (FF3 soundtrack, You’ve got a friend, Sundance, GODTF, etc), the motto was always : “We’re still going higher, NO CEILINGS”. I wish I was going to be in NY at TIMESQUARE with you guys celebrating the launch of what I think is going to be an AMAZING ALBUM.
Roof top in San Diego!
Merch Booth!
MTV CHI ROCKS.
A video capturing their first time on the radio (Power106)
So to sum it all up.
OCTOBER 12, 2010. IT IS A HUGE HUGE MOMENTOUS OCCASION. NOT JUST FOR FAREAST MOVEMENT. NOT JUST FOR ASIAN-AMERICANS. BUT JUST FOR DREAMERS. FOR PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE, PUTTING IN WORK TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. FAR*EAST MOVEMENT IS INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT & THEY ARE KICKING DOWN DOORS FOR HARD WORKING INDEPENDENT TALENT THAT BUILT THEIR OWN FANBASE. SO IF YOU ARE A ASPIRING ARTIST, SOMEONE WHO IS ROCKIN’ THAT UNCONVENTIONAL PATH, THE ROAD LESS TAKENED. GO OUT & PURCHASE THE “FREEWIRED” ALBUM. ++ I WILL BE PURCHASING 10 COPIES MYSELF! LETS MAKE A SPLASH ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS!
P.S. I still got that mixtape cover, ebay? I mean its like a basketball players rookie card right? lol (A SUPPORTER FROM DAY1 & NEVER STOPPED BELIEVIN’)
