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Deep Foundation-Exploring Its Roots
May 25, 2009
Check out this article from Filipinas Magazine about five young men based in New York who are really making it happen.
Deep foundation get in touch with their Filipino roots in “The First Draft,” their debut album. Members of the hip-hop group, Deep Foundation, stood beneath the elevated tracks of the Number 7 train in Queens on a recent Saturday afternoon. Temperatures hovered around freezing, but five heads—covered by stiff-brimmed baseball caps—formed a circle and leaned toward the pavement. “Yeah, I’m coming from the motherland, hot like PI summer, man,” rapped 23-year-old Ryan Abugan, known as Hydroponikz. “My swagger be New York but my blood was brewed in Q.C.!” The lines are from the group’s debut album, “The First Draft.” Deep Foundation, or DF, whose core members are all Filipino from New York and New Jersey, released the album late last year and has spent the first part of 2009 on a tour of West Coast cities.
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Pride Photo Contest
May 01, 2009
For all of you proud owners of a Brown Nation Tee, SUBMIT A PHOTO of yourself wearing any Brown Nation Tee and 3 LUCKY WINNERS will be chosen by the Brown Nation Crew to receive a FREE T-SHIRT of your Choice from the Brown Nation Online Store. BE CREATIVE!! SHOW OFF YOUR PRIDE!! HAVE FUN!! Contest ends Saturday, May 31,2009, so make sure you get your cameras out and send us those pics! Winners will be Announced on June 5, 2009. Enter by sending an e-mail to info@brownnationculture.com. E-mail must include:
* First and Last name
* Photo (Photos must be less 3 than MB and in the following formats: .jpg,.gif,.bmp,.tiff,.png)
* Photo Title
* E-mail Address
* Shipping Address
