‘If I Awaken In Los Angeles’ Offers Cultural Pride, Influence, and a Love Letter to the City

August 12, 2025September 18, 2025 Elijah Isaiah Johnson

Hollywood Boulevard on a Friday Night is, perhaps, most famous for its proximity to performance art: from the TCL and El Capitan Theaters to open air venues like the iconic Hollywood Bowl and The Ford — the latter of which came alive under the stars and against the applause of the concert crowd across the street, thanks to Get Lit – Words Ignite’s latest live presentation, If I Awaken In Los Angeles.

Music, Streaming

Rapper/Activist jason chu to Release New Album ‘We Were the Seeds’ This Week

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 Laura Sirikul

Rapper and activist jason chu releases his new album We Were the Seeds this Friday, September 15 on all streaming services.

Interview, Music

NOC Exclusive Interview: Poet/Rapper/Activist, Jason Chu

October 13, 2020 Patrick Strange

Heyyyy! It’s Kuya P AKA Patrick Michael Strange and I recently had the pleasure to sit down and talk via Skype with Poet/Rapper/Activist, Jason Chu! Check it out!

Crowdfunding, Music

Jason Chu Music Video Fights for Chinatown Restaurant

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 Patrick Strange

2020 has been a hard year for the entire world and for some business owners, the complete loss of their livelihood. Poet/Rapper/Activist, Jason Chu, recently reached out to The Nerds of Color to tell us the story of one of his favorite Los Angeles Hot Spots and how his latest single “AYCE” shines the spotlights on ‘Hop Woo Chinese BBQ & Seafood Restaurant’ and why we should support this Chinatown institution.

Comics, Interview, Music

Jason Chu MARVELS at Reaction to Music Video

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 Nels

Back in October 2014, we did a special Hard NOC Life with rapper Jason Chu about his Kickstarter project to fund the making of a music video for his song MARVELS. The project was successfully funded and last week the music video was officially released on ISAtv’s YouTube channel. The video has been viewed over 18,000 times in its first week and has struck a chord with many viewers.

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Crowdfunding, Hard N.O.C. Life, Music1 Comment

Jason Chu on the Marvels of Hip-Hop and Comics

October 31, 2014February 3, 2015 The Nerds of Color

In a special edition of Hard NOC Life, guest host Nelson Wong (@aarisings) has a one-on-one with Los Angeles-based rapper Jason Chu (@jasonchumusic) about his latest single Marvels and the Kickstarter-funded music video to accompany the song.

Also, if you’re a comic book or action figure collector and have some great superhero collectibles — or a great cosplay outfit — in the LA Area and want to potentially be featured in the Marvels video, please email jasonchumusic@gmail.com