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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.