Los Angeles, CA – Jay Park joined HipHopDX’s Editor-In-Chief Trent Clark at Consolation LA in downtown Los Angeles for the newest episode Soulful Sundays.
The Roc Nation artist shared some enjoyable anecdotes, akin to his memorable first assembly with Beyoncé. However a lot the dialog lined the challenges Park faces within the music trade, significantly as an Asian American in Hip Hop.
Park touched on one level frustration: being deemed “too Korean” in America (and vice versa). He additionally spoke on the super stress representing a number of communities and making a lane versus following a transparent profession path.
“I don’t take it without any consideration, however it’s a lot stress as a result of it’s variety like being the primary your variety,” he mentioned. “There’s no one you possibly can look to for an actual blueprint. So, it’s like each mistake you make, it’s gonna be that a lot larger.
“I’m principally writing the blueprint as I am going alongside. And in addition, I’m representing for lots totally different individuals — individuals from Seattle, Asian People, Koreans — and so I want to verify I transfer proper. That’s what I’ve been interested by loads nowadays.”
Watch your entire episode Soulful Sundays above.