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Far East Movement

Birth name
*Kev Nish (Kevin Michael Nishimura) *Prohgress (James Roh) *DJ Virman (Virman Coquia) *J-Splif (Jae Choung) *Jon Street (Jonathan Yip) *Ray Ro (Ray Romulus) *Jerm Beats (Jeremy Reeves)
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Date of birth
*January 12, 1980 (Kev Nish) *January 14, 1980 (Prohgress) *January 24, 1982 (DJ Virman) *February 11, 1984 (J-Splif)
Date of death
Ethnicity
* DJ Virman – Filipino * Kev Nish – Japanese, Chinese * Prohgress – Korean * J-Splif – Korean * Jon Street – Chinese * Ray Ro – African-Guyanese * Jerm Beats – Uzbek
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Far East Movement in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: *Kev Nish (Kevin Michael Nishimura) *Prohgress (James Roh) *DJ Virman (Virman Coquia) *J-Splif (Jae Choung) *Jon Street (Jonathan Yip) *Ray Ro (Ray Romulus) *Jerm Beats (Jeremy Reeves)

Date of Birth: *January 12, 1980 (Kev Nish) *January 14, 1980 (Prohgress) *January 24, 1982 (DJ Virman) *February 11, 1984 (J-Splif)

Ethnicity: * DJ Virman – Filipino * Kev Nish – Japanese, Chinese * Prohgress – Korean * J-Splif – Korean * Jon Street – Chinese * Ray Ro – African-Guyanese * Jerm Beats – Uzbek

Far East Movement is an American hip hop and electronic music group, from Los Angeles, made up of Asian-American members. They are known for their track Like a G6 . One of the members, Prohgress, has stated :

As a part of the music game, people don’t give Asian-Americans a chance off the bat… So we try to build with everybody to like our music.

As a part of the music game, people don’t give Asian-Americans a chance off the bat… So we try to build with everybody to like our music.

(Jae Choung) was previously a member of the group. He is of Korean descent.