88rising

88rising to come to Vancouver in October

By: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer   Back in 2015, South Korean rapper Keith Ape’s “It G Ma” blew up the Internet, closely followed by Indonesia’s Rich Chigga (now known as Rich Brian) with “Dat $tick.” They were followed by a multitude of other new Asian hip-hop artists, and somewhere out of this frenzy, 88rising was born.      In an interview with music magazine Pitchfork, 88rising founder Sean Miyashiro said, “A lot of people are wondering, ‘What is 88rising exactly? Is it a YouTube channel? Is it a management company? Is it a record label?’ It’s actually everything. Our general…

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