Look! GK
Look: Bodia Spa
We want to extend our gratitude to Bodia Spa in Phnom Penh for allowing us to do our photo shoot in their amazing facilities. They also happen to have the best massage and spa packages in Cambodia. If you want to treat your self to some incredible treatment in an environment of beauty and serenity, then Bodia is the place for you!
Look: Peanut
Bboy Peanut has been killing it for the last several years in Phnom Penh- repping Massive Monkeys crew, Tiny Toones crew, and heading up Toones Production. Aside from his Bboying, Peanut has quickly made a name for himself as one of the leading music producers in Cambodia, earning acclaim throughout South East Asia, Australia, and back home in the US. Be on the look out for some of the music he is constantly creating as it continues to evolve.Look: Peap!
Known primarily for his use of bold black ink and paints on a blank white medium including canvas and walls, Peap uses each brush stroke to represent the ups and downs of life with a balance that assures the viewer of such a possibility. Originally from Auckland, New Zealand Peap recently moved to Cambodia, the home and birthplace of his mother, bringing his unique graffiti style and collaborative approach. His graphic work depicts influences from Asia-pacific cultures and Cambodian storytelling. His work has been exhibited around the world and now it’s his time to discover a culture that is slowly but surely rebuilding itself after a recently tumultuous history.Peap is seen above repping Good Krama while throwing up a mural in the Toones Production Lab in Tiny Toones Drop-in Center.
Look: Klap Ya Hands
KLAPYAHANDZ is a collective of Khmer singers, rappers, artists and producers working together, worldwide, to promote Cambodia, its people, arts, culture and history through Hip Hop, RNB and alternative music.
In Cambodia, KLAPYAHANDZ is an independent music label producing exclusively original tracks to promote creativity and originality to the younger generation of local Khmer artists. KYH music will try to remain within it’s Khmer roots by using old Khmer music in their mix, also to get the younger generation to learn about Khmer musicians of the older generation.“Without them we wouldn’t be here today. They started the fusion and the remixing, we’re just keeping the tradition alive. Our ancestors have left us concrete proof of their great artistic skills for us to live on and to shine again. We pay respect to them and show our appreciation by keeping the legacy alive, and by trying to put KHMER back on the map of the World.” – Sok “Cream” Visal
Look: Lisha!
One of Cambodia’s best HipHop artist is a female, MC Lisha is a hiphop veteran, she was one of the people that helped influence hiphop in the country since 2002. She worked along side DJ Sope, who first introduced hiphop to the country and is considered the grandfather of hiphop in Cambodia. Both DJ Sope and Lisha worked at a local radio station as a radio DJ playing American hiphop music. She then joined a hiphop group called Phnom Penh Bad Boyz. For the love of hiphop they recorded music for fun and performed at local bars and clubs. Their expectations were not to become famous but to help introduce this new culture to the people, and because of this, it got them recognized in the Source magazine.
In 2007, Lisha joined KlapYaHandz, a hip hop group in Cambodia. She continues to make music and also writes music for a lot of the artist under the label. Her goal is to send a message of life’s experiences, showing love for the country and giving hope to the people through her positive lyrics. Lisha’s work has gotten herself recognized worldwide and has collaborated with many artists from other countries. Today, Lisha is still working with KlapYaHandz and is still representing hiphop, helping the culture grow and putting the country back on the map for the people. She is definitely the Queen of hiphop in Cambodia.
Lisha seen above repping Good Krama in a Phnom Penh Fashion Shoot Photographed by Dylan Maddux in 2011.
Look! Lyrics Born & Good Krama
Bay Area hip-hop artist Lyrics Born seen repping GK in this promotional photo shoot. Much love and respect to Photographer Dylan Maddux, Stylist Andrea Lamadora, and of course Quannum MC Lyrics Born. BANG!
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