Promoting a hip hop culture of assimilation and love is Fat Panda Tuan’s dream. The Hip Hop genre is a multi-cultural society, it’s a melting pot of multiple cultures which should be cherished. Apart from negative aspects of alcohol, drugs and misogyny, Hip Hop has a long history of promoting social equality and justice. It has been a voice to the voiceless. Fat Panda Tuan’s musical imagination gets its inspiration from diverse cultures. Being a Vietnamese in origin, he loves to subscribe Japanese culture and its values. Growing up living the Hip Hop life Tuan was able to combine these elements together. Therefore, Fat Panda Tuan is becoming voice for the renaissance of marginal cultures in the multicultural society of America.
The emergence of countering narrative in form of Fat Panda Tuan’s music is very radical dimension of Hip Hop. This is encourage able and, should be used to fight the societal injustices. This is the first time in history when art is going to break the monopoly of dominant discourses of mainstream cultures in a society. Fat Panda is of view:
“Diversity is the spice of life.”
It is usually established that Hip Hop is rude, bitter and dismantling. Yes, it is, but it is for those who spread oppression, violence and drugs. Hip Hop and Rap are anti-authoritative and challenging in nature. This is the seminal reason that Hip Hop is usually labelled as a counter narrative. Like other Hip Hop artists, Fat Panda Tuan has subscribed this radical thought. His unstoppable love for Japanese culture is the testimony to this fact that he cherishes all the diverse cultures. Even Fat Panda Tuan has attempted to include this in his music.
Racism is another aspect of hip hop which empowers marginal cultures. All the top notch Hip Hop stars have made their music a vehicle for fighting emerging dangers of racism. Fat Panda’s Music delineates the same trauma in a very beautiful and incredible way. He beautifully composes his music to add all the themes and values of popular cultures. These popular cultures are dismantling the standard or mainstream culture.
Fat Panda Tuan’s Hip Hop has its own unique language to celebrate all the traditions of a hybrid culture. His brought up, his experience as a youngster, and his unstoppable love for video games & anime all reflect his love for diverse cultures. Blending the asian culture with the hip hop culture. This is the pinned feature of his music. Undeniably, he is the emerging voice of the hip hop culture which is aimed to subvert all the odd and insane things happening in the multicultural society.
Lastly, Fat Panda has vowed to keep bringing positivity through his music. His art is parallel to the art of any revolutionary artist. Undoubtedly, hip hop culture and music have brought radical transformation in changing the fabric of society. Many artists are stepping forward to participate in this stream. Fat Panda Tuan’s voice will be heard soon and all the cultures will get their viable place and space.
You can follow up with Fat Panda Tuan at:
Website: www.fatpandatuan.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/fatpandatuan