Lyrics Born is tagged as: hip-hop, hip hop, rap, underground hip-hop, quannum Lyrics Born (a.k.a. Asia Born) is Tom Shimura (b. 1972), originally from Berkeley, California, though through his childhood he lived in Tokyo, Japan, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He began his hip hop career while at college at UC Davis, where he was a DJ at the college station KDVS. He is a founding member of the group of artists known as Quannum Projects. He is also one half of the group Latyrx with fellow MC Lateef The Truth Speaker. Lyrics Born has worked with many artists including KRS-One, Jean Grae, Dilated Peoples, Z-Trip, DJ Shadow, Diverse, Tommy Guerrero, Blackalicious and his wife, Joyo Velarde. Lyrics Born released his first solo LP in October of 2003, called Later that Day. In April of 2005, Lyrics Born’s second album Same !@#$ Different Day was released on the Quannum Projects label. The album featured remixes of five songs from Later That Day along with a number of new tracks. LB’s hit song Callin’ Out was featured in a 2004 Coca Cola television commercial in the United States featuring actor Adrien Brody and was #1 on San Francisco’s Alternative Rock station, Live105 for 5 weeks. The song is also featured in the film Waiting… starring Ryan Reynolds. His songs have been featured in television shows such as HBO’s En... Read More About Lyrics Born Biography...  Send Lyrics Born ringtones to your cell
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