SAI

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Member Since: 8/15/2007
Band Members: SAI, SOUTH AMERICAN IMMIGRANT, WAS BORN IN ECUADOR AND CAME TO BROOKLYN NY AT THE AGE OF 11 DURING A TIME WHEN ALL THE ELEMENTS OF HIP HOP WERE BEGINNING TO FLOURISH INTO AN UNDENIABLE CULTURE OF ITS OWN. ALTHOUGH HIS MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT TOOK THE PATH OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, PLAYING BOTH GUITAR AND KEYBOARDS, HIS HIP HOP ROOTS COMBINED WITH HIS POETRY DEGREE TO GIVE SAI A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE SPOKEN WORD COMMUNITIES OF VARIOUS NY STATE CITIES. IN 2002 HE MET DWIGHT B. JONES, BATTLEGEIST, AND KHAJON IN ROCHESTER NY (WHERE HE NOW RESIDES) WITH WHOM HE FORMED THE GROUP NAMED V.I.B.E. T.R.I.B.E. WITH THE GUIDANCE FROM KHAJON, SAI BEGAN COMPOSING BEATS AND WRITING LYRICS OF CONSCIOUS CONTENT, PERFORMING WITH THE VIBE TRIBE UNTIL 2004 WHEN KHAJON UNIFIED ALL MEMBERS OF ALL THE HIP HOP GROUPS HE BELONGED TO AND CREATED THE ALMIGHTY 4TH SIGHT ENTERTAINMENT. FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS, THE 12 MEMBERS OF THE 4TH SIGHT HAVE TAKEN THE ROCHESTER UNDERGROUND SCENE BY STORM, PERFORMING INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER AT VARIOUS OUTLETS. SAI HAS COMPOSED OVER 200 SONGS AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN DOZENS OF OTHER SONGS BY OTHER ARTISTS. BECAUSE OF HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS AND HIS WORK AS AN INVESTIGATOR OF CASES OF SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKIGN AMONG FARMWORKERS IN THE STATE OF NY, SAI HAS CHOSEN TO REMAIN AN UNDERGROUND PERFORMER INSTEAD OF A COMMERCIAL RAP ARTIST. ALTHOUGH HE HAS PUT OUT 4 ALBUMS, "SOCIO-POLITICS", "AMONG THE DARK", "AQUI", AND "THE MIX TAPE", HE HAS NOT SOLD A SINGLE COPY, AND INSTEAD HAS GIVEN OUT HUNDREDS OF COPIES AT DIFFERENT PERFORMING VENUES IN ECUADOR, NYC, AND ROCHESTER. HOWEVER, IN 2008 SAI WILL BE SELLING AND PERFORMING FROM HIS "FARMWORKERS" CD AT VARIOUS ACADEMIC VENUES, AND WILL DONATE ALL THE EARNINGS TO FARMWORKER LEGAL SERVICES OF NY, WHERE HE NOW WORKS.
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