A Conversation with the Mountain Brothers

Thursday, May 14 at the Japanese American National Museum



This is for you LA hip hop fans... Next Thursday in Little Tokyo, join in on an intimate conversation with the legendary Mountain Brothers, the first Asian American hip hop act to sign with a major label. Chops (Scott Jung), Peril-L (Christopher Wang), and Styles Infinite (Steve Wei) sit down with moderator Oliver Wang, associate professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach, to share about their pioneering journey. It's happening May 14 at the Japanese American National Museum.

Here are some more details about the event:

CHOPS presents Strength in Numbers

Asian American music collaboration features "more names than you can fit in your homie's Honda Civic"



Heads up. Strength In Numbers, the Asian American music project from celebrated producer CHOPS, drops this week. Chops, a founding member of the pioneering hip hop group Mountain Brothers, has assembled thirty different artists for one epic album collaboration. Maybe you heard about the Kickstarter campaign. Maybe you slept on that. No matter. The album is now available on iTunes and Amazon.

The album features "more names than you can fit in your homie's Honda Civic": Ann One, Baiyu, Bambu, Catzie of Yellow Rage, Connie Lim, Decipher, DJ Bonics, DJ Neil Armstrong, DJ Roli Rho, Dumbfoundead, El Gambina, Erika David, Hopie, Hoya, J-Key, Joanlee, Kiwi, Lil Crazed, Matt Cab, Mic Barz, Mountain Brothers, Nikko Dator, Paul Kim, Prometheus Brown, Rekstizzy, Rocky Rivera, Ruby Ibarra, Tasha aka Yoonmirae, Thai, Tiger JK, Timothy Flu, Verbal of M-Flo / Teriyaki Boyz, and Yellow Boyz.

Preview the whole damn album below:

Music Video: Mountain Brothers back together in "Keep On"

Groundbreaking group reunites for Asian American music project's lead single



Hell yeah. It's on. Pioneering Asian American hip hop group Mountain Brothers recently got back together for a new track, "Keep On," the lead single from the upcoming compilation project Strength in Numbers.

Once upon a time back in the day, the Mountain Brothers were the first Asian American rap group ever signed to a major label. Here, Chops, Peril-L and Styles Infinite are back together, with the vocal assist from Ann One, to show you what's up. Check out the music video: