Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival presents: Strength in Numbers Sights and Sounds of the Asian American Hip Hop Generation
guest curated by producer and emcee Scott CHOPS Jung of Philly’s legendary Mountain Brothers, the first Asian American Hip Hop group signed to a major record label. This multimedia program explores the Asian American Hip Hop movement through music videos and live performances by artists included in the seminal compilation album Strength in Numbers Featuring a Q& A with Strength in Numbers;creator CHOPS (other producer credits include Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and Nicki Minaj) and special guests.Moderated by dr. James Peterson Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English, Lehigh University,
Founder of Hip Hop Scholars, Inc and a frequent Guest Commentator on MSNBC and CNN Panelists scott chops jung Mountain Brothers, Producer and Emcee Chris peril-l wang Mountain Brothers, Emcee Steve styles infinite wei Mountain Brothers, Emcee catzie vilayphonh Yellow Rage, Spoken Word Artist Featured artists in music video program: Mountain Brothers Paul Kim & Dumbfoundead Bambu Rocky Rivera Rekstizzy Ann One Level, Rob Campman, Lil Crazed Mic Barz ; Timothy Flu
Saturdays at 1:30pm