Daily Archives: May 15, 2009

Fun with Dumb album by dumbfoundead

Hot off the presses!! You can now get dumbfoundead’s album “Fun with Dumb”. Grab your copy on Dumbfoundead - Fun With Dumb. If you don’t know who dumbfoundead is, check out his battle with Tantrum, Bullets of Truth, and I Love Junior College.

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dumbfoundead says cop this album featuring DJ Zo, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, D-Styles, Nocando, Intuition and More!

dumbfoundead shows off his crib

Epik Movement aka Map the Soul Tour

Are you ready for Epik Movement (aka the Map the Soul Tour)? The tour kick off tonite in San Francisco with Epik High, Far East Movement, Kero One, and Myk. The tour makes stops in Los Angeles this weekend. Next weekend New York and Seattle. It’s gonna be Epik. Check out the teaser footage below. (BTW – if you couldn’t figure it out Epik Movement = Epik High + Far East Movement)

Map the Soul Tour Teaser

2009 Asian Heritage Street Celebration in San Francisco

The largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the nation is back and bigger than ever, featuring more Asian American artists, more DJs, more martial arts, J-cars, a karaoke contest, anime, and FREE hepatitis B screenings. New features this year include an Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) Best Dance Crew Contest, and family-friendly carnival rides and games for children.

The 5th annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held Saturday, May 16, 2009, in San Francisco’s Civic Center in front of the Asian Art Museum, leading up to the Little Saigon District. The fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Some of the highlights include Emcee T, Mark Munoz UFC Fighter Filipino Wrecking Machine, Lyrics Born with Joyo Velarde, Thomas’ Apartment, Drunken Hu?, and more. Check the program online here.

Sidewayz Music Video by Emcee T

Temperature Music Video by Thomas’ Apartment (The Music video is done by Wong Fu Productions)

2009 Celebrasian in Iowa

Each May Asian American communities unite in Iowa to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month during a daylong festival known as CelebrAsian: The Asian Heritage Festival. Join the celebrAsian this year on Saturday, May 16, 2009, at the Iowa State Capitol, East Campus, in Des Moines, Iowa from 10 am to 8 pm. Since its inception seven years ago, CelebrAsian: The Annual Asian Heritage Festival has steadily become one of the year’s most anticipated events. It brings together people across the Midwest to experience Asia in Iowa. (Sweet!!! Midwest Asian American represent!!)

CelebrAsian is the largest Asian American event in Iowa, showcasing cultural exhibits, history, food, performance artists, sports, martial arts, children’s activities, and other family-friendly activities. CelebrAsian is organized around distinct Asian “villages,” representing twelve distinct Asian communities that live in Iowa. Villages include: Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Laos, Nepalese, Taidam, Vietnamese, and Thai. Each village showcases the food, culture, history, arts, and crafts indigenous to their culture.



You can see a list of performances here. The headlining act is Legaci, a Filipino boy band out of the San Francisco Bay Area. If you want to request a song for them to sing, you can make request by calling Legaci at (510) 648-3832. Also check out their MySpace page here. (FYI – For the 2008 celebrasian, Tatum Jones and Magnetic North performed.)

Legaci singing “cupid” by 112