Asia Lee

The year was 1993 and a young,

energetic Asia Lee was still in elementary

school. But she remembers the moment like it was yesterdaythe first time she heard Yo Yo on the boisterous track, Bonnie & Clyde Theme with Ice

Cube, she realized Hip Hop was in her blood.

“I would turn the volume up sky high

when ever that song came on, even though I

probably shouldn’t have been saying the

words let alone listening to it,” she remembers.

“At that time there weren’t many female rappers out, so I was just amazed at the fact that a female who was where I was from was holding it down like that. It was like the start of a new beginning.” Reared in sunny California, a state that arguably owned Hip Hop throughout the

early 90’s, Asia Lee was introduced to the

sounds of prolific West Coast artists as a

youngster, courtesy of her teenage brothers.

“They listened to nothing but N.W.A. and

Snoop all day everyday and I wanted to hang

around them just as much as they listened to

it,” she fondly recalls. “So at an early age I

was exposed to Hip Hop that was like none

other.”

Though she didn’t realize at the time the

indelible influence it would ultimately have

upon her life, she knew that her adulation for

the genre would only continue to grow.

She wrote her first rhyme at 10 years old,

it was initially a poetry assignment for her

fourth grade class, but true to her maverick

spirit, she flipped it and wrote a rap instead.

“It wound up being pretty hot for a 10

year-old,” she smiles.

As she began to mature, Hip Hop in turn

shifted as well, and the attention was no

longer focused on West Coast artists like E-

40, DJ Quik and Tha Dogg Pound. With the

murder of two of its greatest emcees, the rap

community was thirsty for a new sound,

something that would take their attention

away from the tragic occurrences. The Bling

Era was its answer. Soon, Left Coast rhyme

slingers and producers were surrounded with

accusations that their sound was dead and

that they had nothing viable left to contribute

to Hip Hop. Their time was over.

Years later, Dr. Dre and his arsenal of

artists and producers proved the industry

wrong with the acclaimed 1999 release of

the Chronic 2001. Even still, the damage was

serious and thorough. The West Coast is still

widely perceived to be void of life, despite

boasting some of the best talent in the game.

Incredibly aware of the false perceptions,

Asia Lee remains stoically calm and focused.

She’s fueled by doubts that a female

emcee can help bring an entire region back into the forefront.

“I’m trying to bring what the game is lacking right now originality, creativity and character,”

she defiantly states.“I’m just trying to let the

world know that a female can finally hold it down. But most importantly, I want to bring the West Coast back for CaliIt’s like killing two birds wit’one stone.”

After catching the eye of current manager, Ernest “ErnMoney” Johnson (Money Music),

Asia Lee soon realized that her lifelong

dream wasn’t as far-fetched as it once

seemed. Propelled by her innate charm

and talent, she’s now signed to super

producer Rodney Jerkin’s Darkchild Records through Electric City Music and is working

on her yet-to-be-titled debut album, which she is confident will help establish her as a force

to be reckoned with. She’s enlisted the talents of producers such as Baby Boy (EMI),J-Hits, Prolific, Rodney Jerkins (Michael Jackson,

Whitney Houston, Brandy,N’Sync), Ricc Rude

(Darkchild), and 3rd Eye to create what she hopes

will be the foundation for an illustrious

career and the re-birth of Cali. "I think she has great vocal cadence, a beautiful smile and

tons of charisma,” J. Henry, CEO of

Electric City Music adamantly maintains, “She is definitely a multimedia threat."

With a sound that is both unique and familiar, Asia Lee’s music is infectious. Using her

experiences as a woman and her trials and tribulations as a female in a male-dominated

industry as her primary sources of inspiration, she hopes to one day ignite someone the same way

she was that fateful day she first heard Yo Yo.

“The ultimate accomplishment for me in Hip

Hop would be to not only make music, but make history,” she reasons, “to make someone feel as good as I felt the day I heard Yo Yo killing

the track on Ice Cube’s, Bonnie & Clyde Theme.

"Queen of Cali"

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