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This page is by Paula Afuwah BarryPettway Kalioden KeKeAli
 * Directions:** //On this page you will begin to type in the research you find about one to three countries found in the continent of **Asia****.** The information that you find may be used by people all over the world. Specifically in the future by people teaching foreign language, social studies, or social justice classes. We will also take the information you collect through this wiki will be used to create either a radio show or a podcast on the information you found. So be as detailed as possible.// An example of a finished page is here: **Sample Page**

Background: In a few sentences answer the following questions:

Which Country did you choose and why? Do you have any information on when/how hip hop became popular in the country? Where did this information come from?

We chose Korea because it seems like a nice country and the artist we found talked about social justice and injustice. We do not really have any information on how hip hop started in Korea but some early artist were 3534, SEO Taiji and DJ DOC. The information came from google.

Artist /Group : Provide a biography (In your own words; 3 - 5 sentences) about a notable artist from one of the countries listed above. This should be written in your own words. You should use more than two sources to create the biography. What type of hip-hop does this person produce? When, where, why do they perform hip-hop? Who inspires them? . Yoon Mi Rae/ Tasha Reid was born May 31,1981 in Portland Texas to an African American father and an Korean mother. Tasha grew up on an army base in Korea with her parents, she speaks both English and Korean Fluently. Tasha also known as T is one of the most popular hip hop/R&B artists in Korea. She was made the spokeswomen for DaMoonWha (Multi- Cultural Youth organization). Tasha performs music because it allows her to speak of her trials of growing up in South Korea. She became aware of Hip Hop because it was music that came from her fathers country and she heard many of the soldiers on the army base. Some of the artists the inspires her are Da Brat, Erykah Badu and The Roots.

= = media type="youtube" key="VD3r5C1h0gw" height="344" width="425"Black Happiness

Themes: What does this artist speak to in his/her music? What is being conveyed as an important message? What does hip-hop mean to the artist(s)? Provide at least 2-3 sentences to answer each question. The information you provide should come from more than two sources. This Artist, Tashia Reid, speaks mainly to young women. Being most influential to young women, supporting inspiring female vocalists and/or rappers. Successfully conveying the message to young women, mainly of Korean and African descent, to be comfortable in their own skin. She is also the spokes model for the Multi-Cultural Youth Organization, improving young women, of these ethnicity, self-esteem. This is important to her because the Korean nation does not easily accept women of these two ethnicity and she herself is Black and Korean. For Tasha Reid hip hop is just a way of expressing the true meaning and true feelings of one another. She is the ambassador for a Multi Cultural Youth Organization and by doing so she shows that the youth is a big part of hip hop success to day. She also represents her South Korean origin in her music and vernacular style of attitude. http://shenyuepop.com/2007/05/19/yoon-mi-rae/

Your opinion: What do you think about the music? How does it compare to your favorite songs and/or current music? The music is sweet, it is nice and i can listen to it like how i listen to my favorite American and Nigerian artist and songs. The song we listened to which was black happiness by Yoon mi rae was very touching and created passion. when we started listening to it we could not get enough of it but now we have cooled down. it is still in our play list especially Kali's.

Media: Collect Links and Files related to the country or artist you choose. Create a new page called
 * Videos
 * Pictures
 * Websites

You will be able to use the pictures to create a mural about what you have learned.

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