Loon talks about Islam on AlJazeera English

Remember Loon? Loon from Bad Boy? Yeah, that's him up there! The last thing I heard about him, a long time ago, was that he was beefin' with Mase and Dipset. Now flash-forward to the present, Loon is now a devout Muslim and has a totally different outlook on life. Born as Chauncey Lamont Hawkins, he has changed his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith after embracing Islam. In the interview with AlJazeera, Loon talked about his experiences in rap game, why he left and how he came to Islam. The news anchor tried to get Loon to spit 16 bars, but Loon wasn't prepared for it.

Loon has also done a more in-depth interview with islaam.ca. In the interview (approx. 1 hr 30 mins), Loon tells his story about coming up in the rap game, about his dealings Mase, P. Diddy and the music industry. One of the things Loon said in the interview was that the "Harlem World" concept was originally his and it was Mase that stole it from him. Among other things, Loon says he co-wrote 52 published songs. Many of these songs were written for P. Diddy. And then finally in the interview, Loon tells how he was lead to embrace Islam during his tour in Dubai in December 2008. The Loon in this interview sounds very different from the old Loon. Check out the interview:

DOWNLOAD/LISTEN: Loon's interview with islaam.ca

Freestyle Battle - Dirtbag Dan vs Soul Khan

For you guys who love watching freestyle battles as much as I do, this battle is one you can't miss! In this battle, Dirtbag Dan takes on Soul Khan in a "Battle of the Beards" for Battle of the Bay 4. There were tonnes of beard jokes and racist jokes that made me Laugh Out Loud for reals! This is one of the most hilarious and entertaining battles I have ever watched!! Dirtbag Dan took the win in 3 rounds. It was a really close battle. Even though Dirtbag Dan won that battle, I don't think Soul Khan lost at all. Khan's punch-lines were killer and he's witty as heck. And just for kicks, Dirtbag Dan and Soul Khan did an overtime and they both killed it again. This is definitely A CLASSIC BATTLE!

Overtime:

Freestyle Battle - Al P. vs Thousand

In this freestyle battle, Al P. takes on Thousand for Grind Time South's Broward Beatdown. It seemed like Al P. lost his composure, forgot his lines and caught a case of Tourette's syndrome instead. Thousand takes the win in this battle.

Pruane2Forever Squashes his Beef with 50 Cent

Pruane2Forever has offically squashed his internet beef with 50 Cent and is now 50 Cent's new "Secret Weapon". Props to 50 for reaching out and flying Pruane over to NYC. LOl @ the G G G G-Unit at 0:50.

Pics of Tiger JK and T with their son Jordan

Tiger JK and Jordan, Pic 1


Tiger JK and Jordan, Pic 2

(Shout outs to OneAsianWorld.com for the pics!)

These pictures of Tiger JK and his 1 year-old son Jordan are album jacket inserts from the latest Drunken Tiger album: Feel gHood Muzik: The 8th Wonder.

Also, check out these pics taken in March earlier this year of Tiger JK, T (aka Tasha, aka Yoon Mi Rae) and their son Jordan all wearing traditional Korean garbs in celebrating Jordan's first birthday:


Tiger JK, T and Jordan @ Jordan's 1st birthday, Pic 1


Tiger JK, T and Jordan @ Jordan's 1st birthday, Pic 2


Tiger JK, T and Jordan @ Jordan's 1st birthday, Pic 3


Jordan looks a lot like his mommy eh? :P

Happy 4th of July!!

4th of July Fireworks

I wanna wish all my AZNs and American friends south of the border a very happy 4th of July!! For those of you that are planning to get a lil tipsy, please DRINK RESPONSIBLY and BE SAFE!

Adonis - freestyle over Move instrumental

Adonis

Here's a freestyle by Adonis over the instrumental of Move by Mims. Its a little more violent than Adonis' usual work. This track is basically a "bring on the hate" kind of song.

MastaMic & The Justice Family interview on HK Live!

Here is an interview with Hong Kong's Freestyle King Mastamic and his crew The Justice Family on HK Live!. The Justice Family is comprised of the rap duo Justice Leauge (MastaMic and Big Sammy) and 3 DJs: DJ FatB, DJ Moka and Tedman. In the interview, MastaMic said that the hip hop market in Hong Kong is very small right now simply because the locals in Hong Kong do not understand hip hop music. Their perception of hip hop is that it is meant to be comical or light-hearted type of music. When talking about his goals or plans for the future, MastaMic said one of his goals is to help further develop the Chinese hip hop scene and spread it across Asia.

Ah Phat - HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF AS PAIN AS HELL!

"Ah Phat" from 24Herbs

Ah Phat from the Hong Kong rap group 24Herbs posted some videos of him getting his ear pierced and getting a really cool Iron Man tattoo on his leg. In these videos you get to see Ah Phat wincing in pain. He calls these videos: "HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF AS PAIN AS HELL!". Yes, Phat. Beauty is pain. The more painful, the more beautiful it is.

The piercing:



The tattooing:

Epik High - Remixing the Human Soul at the Map Lab

Epik High has released a little teaser video of their studio recording sessions at their "Map Lab" for their new upcoming album Remixing the Human Soul. Remixing the Human Soul will be a remix album of Epik High's hit songs. The remixes will be done by 3 DJs from Planet Shiver: Friz, DH Style and Philtre.

Dumbfoundead interviews Tablo from Epik High

After completing his Map The Soul tour in the United States, Tablo from Epik High did an interview with Dumbfoundead on behalf of The Urban Decadance right in Dumbfoundead's crib. It's a real short interview and the duration is about 6 and a half minutes. Its really interesting to see both Tablo and Dumbfoundead mesh together in this interview because on one hand, they are both Koreans who share the love of hip hop, but on the other hand they are shaped by two completely different cultures and different music scenes. When asked about the Korean music industry, Tablo said that that there isn't much diversity of music genres and everything is basically pop music. To top that off, Tablo was saying that because the way the Korean media is structured, it leaves no room for underground rap artists to get any media attention. Tablo also said that he was working on some tracks in Dumbfoundead's crib (collaboration track, hint hint).

You can read the article about Tablo's interview on The Urban Decadence blog here.

UPDATE: I fixed the font color!!!

To the faithful readers of this blog:

I apologize for doing this really late, but hey, better late than never right? So........I finally fixed the font color!! We can all actually read what I blog now!! Hahahah.... Maybe this will attract some new readers. Tell all your friends its safe to come to this site now!


Okay.... I gotta go to sleep now. Its 4:53 AM in Vancouver.... Bye!

Hong Kong's 12th Anniversary of Return to Chinese Rule

Today also marks the 12th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. Since 2003, the citizens of Hong Kong have been using July 1st as a day for mass protest about many various issues concerning the city, such as education, freedom of speech and the demand for universal suffrage. Universal suffrage would allow the people of Hong Kong to to elect their representatives and the chief executive. The current Beijing-appointed chief executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, says that universal suffrage in 2017 would be best for Hong Kong, however the protesters are demanding universal suffrage by 2012.

Canada Day clubbing event

Here is a clip of Canadian-Asian girls showing how they celebrate their country's birthday, Asian style of course.

Happy Humiliation....Errr I mean-- Canada Day!

The Canadian Flag


Chinese Head Tax Certificate


Today many Canadians are celebrating Canada Day which commemorates the anniversary of July 1, 1867, the day that Canada officially became a country. Canada is now officially 142 years old. However for many Chinese-Canadians, today marks the 86th anniversary of what they call "Humiliation Day" which began on July 1, 1923 when the Canadian government implemented a discriminatory act called the Chinese Immigration Act. This act was implemented in order to put a stop to Chinese immigration except under special circumstances. The Chinese Immigration Act was a replacement for the Chinese head tax implemented on Chinese immigrants from 1885 to 1923. The Chinese also consider the Chinese Immigration Act the "Chinese Exclusion Act" because as a result of the act, it had separated many Chinese immigrants from their families. These racist laws were abolished in 1947 and it was 59 years later in 2006, that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper publicly apologized to the Chinese community for the racist laws and issued a compensation of $20,000 CDN to any remaining survivors or spouses. According to the Head Tax Families Society of Canada (HTFSC), only 500 surviving Chinese that paid the Chinese head tax were compensated. That is quite a minuscule amount compared to the whopping number of 80,000 Chinese immigrants that paid the head tax in the years 1885 to 1923. Many of the first-generation sons and daughters who were direct victims of the Chinese head tax, did not receive any compensation simply because their fathers and/or mothers did not live up to 2006. They are still actively seeking compensation to this day.