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Keiko

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

a freelance writer / hip hop journalist for Japanese media, resides in Brooklyn, NYC! temp. LA gal for a min... :)

I start to think and then I sink
Into the paper like I was ink
When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines,
I escape when I finish the rhyme...

"I Know You Got Soul" "Love"


My Interests

hip hop music & culture, politics, global warming, organic foods, world peace, happiness, social change, writings, readings, health

I'd like to meet:

i'd like to/wish i could interview & i will!:)
Mos Def, Madlib, Rakim, Guilty Simpson, MF Doom, Rockwilder, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, Diamond D, The Beatnuts, Amy Yamada, John Coltrane, J Dilla, Yasushi "Yassan" Yokoyama, Maxine Waters, John Lennon, Cap. Mills, Sammy Brace, Basquiat, meatwad, Jeffery Wright...

:::I have interviewed:::
Boots Riley of The Coup, Dawnelissa, Wordsworth, M1 of deadprez, Paris, Chuck D, DMC, Q-Tip, Dj Kay Slay, Jay Smooth, Dj Emskee, Dj 3d, Dj Monk One, g-man, Just Blaze, Pitbull, Camillionare, Green Lantern, Saigon, Papoose, Dj Spinderella, Justo, The Clipse, Outkast, Dj Spinna, Large Professor, Da Beatminerz, Consequence, 88-Keys, Waajeed, T.I., Kid Capri, Marley Marl, Yung Joc, Prince Paul, J-Zone, Vivian Tam, Kazuyo Nakano, Yasuko Ito, Mitsu, Trey Songz, Wyclef Jean, Jerry Wonder, The Original Dj Jazzy Jay, Guillermo Scott Herren of Prefuse 73, PETE ROCK & Dj Scratch a.k.a. the Superman, Flo Rida, Moby, Easy Mo Bee, Lord Finesse, Tony Toca, Councilman Charles Barron, Wise Intelligent...

Music:

all that jazzzzz

Movies:

Crooklyn, Piano, Y Tu Mama Tambien, City of God, Eve's Bayou, Kama Sutra, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Frida, Coming to America, Summer of Sam, 187, American History X, Leon, She's So Lovely, Diarios de motocicleta, Prime

Television:

Aqua Teen Hanger Force, The Chapelle Show, The Naked Chef, most of Food Channel stuff, The Boondocks, C-SpanActually, I don't like TV much...

Books:

Amy Yamada, James Baldwin, "Make Me Wanna Holla" by Nathan McCall, "Malcolm X Autobiography" Alex Haley, ""Bonjour Tristesse" (Kanashimi Yo Konnicihwa" by Francoise Sagan, "The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir" by Asha Bandele, Futari Wa Tomodachi, Moomin Dani No Fuyu, "Ongaku" by Yukio Mishima, "Rashomon" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Yoko Mori, Shungiku Uchida, Mangetusu Hanamura, Yoshida Sensha

Heroes:

mos def, jay smooth, sammy brace, amy yamada, trane, miles