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(futuristic electronic music)
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- I've always had that inner fire in me
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like I gotta prove 'em wrong, you know?
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That comes from, I think, my hip hop spirit a little bit.
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I'm not gonna wait for that mic to be passed to me.
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I have to like grab it.
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(funky electronic music)
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My name is Jonathan Park, also known as Dumbfoundead,
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a rapper based out of Los Angeles, California.
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I grew up in front of the television, you know.
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My whole personality is based off of like
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sitcoms from the 90s, you know?
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I started having interests in entertainment.
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It started getting a little discouraging
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'cause I wouldn't see anybody on television or films
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that looked like me.
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And that's when I started going a little bit more aggressive
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with everything I do.
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♫ Yeah, Daddy was a G
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♫ Granddaddy was a G, too
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♫ They ain't never bang ♫
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When I started hopping on stages, when I got a microphone,
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I wanted to be loud, and I wanted to be heard,
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and I wanted to be outlandish and say crazy stuff, you know?
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And that's kind of what built this confidence in me
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to pursue rap and rap the things that I wanna talk about.
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♫ You took me as safe ♫
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The song and music video, Safe, is pretty much my response
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to the whitewashing of Asians in Hollywood
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or any minority in the entertainment industry,
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and I wanted to kind of come at it aggressively on the song
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that nah, we aren't, you know, the model minority.
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We have things to say, and you gonna hear a rebuttal
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if you attack us.
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("Safe" by Dumbfoundead)
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(soft instrumental music)
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Growing up with a very traditional Korean-American family
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in the household, being involved in music and arts,
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that was a rare thing at the time
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for Asian parents to accept.
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When they turned on the television and saw no Asians on TV,
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they were like, there's no money in this
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You know what I mean?
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But growing up in Koreatown gave me tons of confidence,
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confidence of who I am as a person,
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being a strong Korean-American
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without feeling like an outsider.
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And that's a responsibility on its own
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to take that influence around me
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and translate it into my art
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and share these stories of my people all across, you know?