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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This is the music video for their new song, “Children of the Sun”, from the completion of their debut album, “The First Draft,” featuring Hydroponikz, Nomi, Koba, Kiwi & Encite. With a growing international following coupled with loyal New York and New Jersey fan base, Deep Foundation has earned the respect of staunch hip hop die-hards and captured the hearts of avid music connoisseurs everywhere.