Back in June, the 626’s own Casper Sun (Edward Chao) dropped Pink Matter EP, a Frank Ocean inspired collection of jazz-hop and mellow-hype tracks. A project filled with collaborators, Pink Matter saw Chao working with a number of other Asian American hip hop artists to add new dimensions to his laid-back sound. Recently, Chao has […]
Rapper Casper Sun (Edward Chao) is a spontaneous workaholic. He’s an artist that doesn’t like to sit still for long, and he’s always thinking about his next project. “Right now my task list is like… 12 tasks deep!” he tells me. While we sip slow, self-roasted afternoon tea–an ironic activity to talk over considering his […]
At the tail-end of 2018, the members of the now sizable group ACN: Los Angeles held a holiday mixer. Asian American artists all around Southern California showed up–exchanging business cards, drinking, and 1-v-1-ing each other on the then newly released Super Smash Bros. While the party raged on all throughout the night, a small roster […]