K-Pop Dreaming - Solid

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The underground hip-hop scene in Los Angeles was thriving in the late 1980s. And there, soaking in the vibe, was a Korean American college student by the name of Jae Chong. He was also making music on the side, but didn’t think much was going to come of it. That is, until an out-of-the-blue invitation brought him and his friends to Korea when K-pop was taking off. Their group, Solid, would become the Kings of R&B and the first Korean American act to make a splash in the Korean music industry. Vivian reflects on the importance of Solid and sees the group's Korean-Americanness as the cornerstone of their success.
(Originally published March 16, 2023)

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0:27.2	LAest Studios
0:31.0	What did it look like on the inside when you first walk in?
0:36.0	It wasn't fancy at all.
0:39.0	It looked like a pub.
0:41.0	It had some tables and there's like a little dance floor.
0:44.0	Everything's kind of sticky and it's kind of grimy.
0:47.0	So hip-hop culture kind of bled in through there.
0:50.0	There's a lot of the African-American guys out there
0:53.0	like they're dancing and hanging out with the locals.
0:56.0	It was like a little melting pot within Italiana.
0:59.0	So when I was in Korea and we went there and we saw something so familiar
1:03.0	and heard all the songs, we were like naughty by nature
1:06.0	and all the songs that we were playing in the clubs in LA.
1:12.0	This is Jay Chong.
1:13.0	He was in Korea in the early 90s making music with his group Solid.
1:18.0	Moon Knight reminded Jay of his home Los Angeles
1:21.0	and the underground hip-hop clubs he would go to every weekend.
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