A Korean reggae artist seems to have found the keys to musical success in the U.S. Instead of appealing to an Asian-American demographic, he went after urban and Carribean audiences and found his single skyrocketing in the U.S. Billboard charts.

Skull: I think some Koreans believe I am not proud to be Korean because I love Rastafarian culture and Reggae music, but that is not true. I love my country very much. Many Koreans write me that it makes them feel good to see a fellow Korean being popular in the States. They don't feel so left out of the American Dream. In the beginning it would be like, "Hey Chink, get off the stage" or "@#$!* where you from?" But after I sing a few bars, they are cool with me, all love. Now more people know about me, but before they would look at me and form an opinion then they would trip like, "is that really his voice?" Music is universal, but sometimes people forget that.

Here's his catchy music video.

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wow. now i've seen everything!

i wonder if those dreads are real...

Wow!
Bob Marley roll over!

yes, i heard about this guy from someone on another site...goregous.........i would love to see him naked.

He seems ok, we exchanged literally a couple of messages in myspace. There was the article written about him on allhiphop.com, which people could reply to. It was disgusting how so many people were closed minded about music, especially those thinking that only black people could/should do reggae.

Well, bob Marley wouldn't be disrespected. Reggae is all about peace, love and unity, and As a Jamaican American, I think it's beautful how reggae can bring people together. And considering I love Korean guys, I'm flattered.

I like the songs he has on his MySpace page. I also saw on his page that he's supposed to be fulfilling his military duty in Korea right now, but apparently he doesn't want to go. Someone began a petition to keep him out of the army.

Reggae music has always had a place with me. Korean? Really? That's tight!

-Clint
"I feel the need ... the need for SPEED!"

That is so friggin' hott.

Blending music and race is very important to blurring racial lines I think. So many people see some genres of music belonging to certain racial groups. Country music for country white folks. Hip Hop for blacks. Latin music for Mexicans. Etc. You get the point. Me? I'm a fan of ALL of it. You'll find everything except country (for some reason I just can't get into it) in my iTunes library.

And I especially love musicians who mix music. Alicia Keys and Adam Levin. Lupe Fiasco and Matthew Santos. Linkin Park and Jay Z. Everyone loves music, and if musicians can get it in the head of everyday people that blending race and genre is a good idea, maybe we'll start blending it in other aspects of life.

"I am American mentally with Japanese tendencies." - Lupe Fiasco

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