If you end a sentence containing the phrase "Asian American hip-hopper" with a question mark, you probably haven't heard of Tom Shimura, formerly known as Asia Born, now known as Lyrics Born. He started rapping in the Bay Area, but when he could find no takers for his music, he co-founded Quannum Projects, also home to Blackalicious. While working behind the boards for five years, producing KRS-One, Evidence of Dilated Peoples and Jurassic 5, he slowly accumulated material for... More >>>