{"id":2614,"date":"2006-11-30T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T17:12:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-14T05:06:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T05:06:40","slug":"Flow-Sik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=2614","title":{"rendered":"Flow Sik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back from Korea, making a name for himself in his mother country, Flowsik has returned to a co-hosting gig on MTV K and the announcement of his long awaited and highly anticipated mix tape, &#8220;Before the Beginnin&#8221;. For a while, Flow Sik was nowhere to be found.<i class=\"intro\">Back from Korea, making a name for himself in his mother country, Flowsik has returned to a co-hosting gig on MTV K and the announcement of his long awaited and highly anticipated mix tape, &ldquo;Before the Beginnin&rdquo;. For a while, Flow Sik was nowhere to be found. After the release of &ldquo;Find a Way Out&rdquo; and a couple of singles, he disappeared for almost a year. However, it was reported the man was cooking up big things behind closed doors.<\/i><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\n<div class=\"pullquoteTop\">\n<blockquote><p>\nIt was from a Jay-Z song, he started the song off with &ldquo;J-A-Y, I flow sick&rdquo;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"pullquoteAttribute\">Flow Sik<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nFlow Sik has been busy hanging with hip hip legend, Ice-T.  He just wrapped up a single with the hip hop legend and put the final touches on his new video, &ldquo;HATE&rdquo;, which also features Ice-T.  Watch out for Flow Sik performing with living legends of hip hop, Sugar Hill Gang, Black Sheep, Jungle Brothers, Jeru the Damaja and O.C. on December 2nd in NYC. <\/p>\n<p>\nAsiance caught up with Flowsik right before his trip to Korea in October!<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"imgRight\">\n<div><a rel=\"lightbox[picture]\" href=\"\/files\/active\/0\/200612_Flow Sik - Stairs.jpg?phpMyAdmin=b6e7070bd5fbb419ad8364bda928eebb\" title=\"Flow Sik\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" src=\"\/files\/active\/0\/200612_Flow Sik - Stairs.jpg\" alt=\"Flow Sik\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"imgCaption\">Flow Sik<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>ASIANCE: When and why did you first start rhyming?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> I started making rap music at the age of 15.  My older brother was always writing rhymes before I started and I always wondered what he was doing.  He always blasted music and wrote lyrics which led me in the same direction. I look up to him a lot.  Thank you Dae Gunz. <\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: How did you get the name &lsquo;Flow Sik&rsquo;?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> My brother also laced me with the pseudonym.  It was from a Jay-Z song, he started the song off with &ldquo;J-A-Y, I flow sick&rdquo;, its all history from there.  &ldquo;Flow&rdquo; also means to kick rhymes, and &ldquo;Sik&rdquo; is my actual government middle name.  Basically, the name says that rapping is a part of me, it&#8217;s who I am.<\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: What do you think about Asian rap industry in China, Korea and Japan etc? <\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> Hip hop is universal.  Hip hop in Asia is huge and is still growing today.  I feel great seeing hip hop blowing up in Asia.  Being of Korean descent, I want to be part of the hip hop movement out there in addition to my grind in the US.  <\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: Who were some of your influences in the music community and why?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> I have to say that Jay-Z has had the biggest influence on me.  He got so far with his music and his business hustle is real hard; he knows that this is the business of music.  He inspires me to do the same.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/leNwusFEOr4\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/leNwusFEOr4\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3>ASIANCE: Who was your favorite artist to work with so far and why?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> My favorite artist I worked with so far is Ice-T.  He was and still is a living legend in music and the entertainment industry, and I thank him sincerely for helping me out.  God is blessing me so much, and I know for a FACT that God is working through me and helping me. <\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: How do you get the power to create your music?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> By having faith.  Having faith that God gave me the gift to do this.  Faith can do beautiful things.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"imgLeft\">\n<div><a rel=\"lightbox[picture]\" href=\"\/files\/active\/0\/200612_flyer1_2.jpg?phpMyAdmin=b6e7070bd5fbb419ad8364bda928eebb\" title=\"Flow Sik\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" src=\"\/files\/active\/0\/200612_flyer1_2.jpg\n\" alt=\"Flow Sik\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"imgCaption\">Flow Sik<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>ASIANCE:  Did your upbringing have any sort of influence in the music that you make today?   <\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> Definitely!  Getting this far in the music field and plans to make it to the top is basically what I write about.  Anyone can relate to my grind and hard work and I hope my music can help others follow their hearts and live out their dreams. <\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: Let our public know the craziest thing that ever happened at your show?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> Hahaha&hellip; Well there was this one time, I was on a college campus tour and one night we had a gig at Binghamton University.  I toured so much, when I was performing one of my songs &ldquo;The Take Over&rdquo; (remix), I was kicking lyrics from another song, not to mention half the club was on stage.  It wasn&#8217;t until the end when I realized I was rapping the wrong lyrics, which made everyone laugh, but still enjoyed it. <\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: When and where can we see you perform  and get your album  in the up and coming months?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> New performances pop up out of nowhere, please check www.myspace.com\/flowsik for events and updates.  My highly anticipated mixtape entitled &ldquo;Before the Beginning&hellip;&rdquo; will be released very, very soon.  You can also check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/flowsik\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/flowsik<\/a> for news on that.  I also have my own website, www.flow-sik.com, but due to renovation it is temporarily down.  But my MySpace page has everything you need, from music to video clips, pictures, news, events, etc.  You&#8217;ll be surprised with what MySpace can do for you.<\/p>\n<p><h3>ASIANCE: Could you tell us something about Asian women?  <\/h3>\n<p><b>Flowsik: <\/b> I love them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back from Korea, making a name for himself in his mother country, Flowsik has returned to a co-hosting gig on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200612_Flow Sik - Stairs-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200612_Flow Sik - 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