European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 292007 stars and stripes Page 17 rap helps mend off a a racial rifts in la Korea americans Blacks find ground through music by Peter Prengaman the associated press los in a third floor room of a Church rapper dumbfounded spits rhymes with six other emcees while a dozen 20somethings Bob their Heads to the music Dum foun dead whose real name is Jonathan Park is Kore a american and part of a thriving rap scene in the cites vast to re town the music is Al lowing Young to Rea american rappers to build Bridges with Blacks 15 years after thousands of Korea american businesses were torched in riot ing following the 1992 acquittal of several White police officers in los Angeles county has the greatest concentration of people of korean descent in the us most of whom live in Korea town the beating of Black Motorist Rod Ney King Park 21 said Blacks used to snicker Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan references when he began rapping at 14 but Hes earned acceptance with his Talent and by reaching out to Blacks it comes Down to relations be tween Blacks and korean people said Park consid ered one of los Angeles Best Young rappers of any race i  even be an emcee without having Good relations with Black people they started hiphop los Angeles county has the greatest concentration of people of korean descent in the us most of whom live in Korea town the riots definitely have a big dumb fou a number duri session at a los Church earlier this Matts Impact on the town rap scene said Brian Kim or Odd sequence a 26yearold who is part of the group Yello belly Bastius those race relations still affect How in seen when in chilling in South Central the riot was so traumatic for the Korea american Community that Many parents dont allow their children to listen to rap or Black music but there was no keeping the vibes away from Young koreans ears Many friends were like for get rap music after the riots said Sonny rang 31 a Kore a american actor then when or Dre dropped the chronic album in the summer of 92 it was like wow this album is so Good we can forgive anybody mixed into Korea american rap lyrics is a vocabulary to express questions of identity fobs Are koreans fresh off the boat while children born Here to korean parents Are called bananas because they Are Yel Low on the outside and White on the inside in the song cultural Bas tardy american born Doc Whis Perer who is 26yearold Peter Yoo and Korea born viruss44 or Sean Rhee 26 who moved Here when he was 14 rap about feeling alienated Ive been through a whole lot of insecure in the first in my family to be born in California i crawled in eight Zero and when growing up i  recall an asian hero Yoo Sang at a re cent concert which included Doz ens of Korea american rappers and hiphop dancers in the crowd was 15yearold Keith Smith and three of his friends All of whom were Black i just came to Check out my korean homies said Smith who would later lose a freestyle con test against dumbfounded this is some Good staff Truing i de u c a t i 0 n w about Lull Why till i faculty inquiries i apply i Contact us i support i course wet i Gratis 2006 1 faculty career opportunities 1 alumni the most one mouse lick and you Are on your Way to a degree in health science for free in your arson Al at no tuition Cost to you earn a degree and set your sights on a High paying career in almost any professional Field you want hundreds of thousands of Active duty military personnel have gone through our online education programs so can you Contact us today the rest of your career is Only a mouse lick away 100 online special rates for spouses no tuition Cost for Active duty up to 28 units a year soc and Dantes affiliated member of the Goa myed network earn units around toys and deployments earn a bachelors or masters degree now accepting applications for summer 2007