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Chee Malabar
Preston Merchant2006
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Washington, DC, United States
Chee Malabar is a Los Angeles based rapper & writer. Born in Bombay and raised in Baroda, India, Chee Malabar immigrated to the United States at the age of twelve, landing in San Francisco first and then New York.
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- Title: Chee Malabar
- Creator: Preston Merchant
- Date: 2006
- Story: Over the last 20 years, hip hop has become a key form of cultural expression for many Americans, including desis. Political and artistic, the musical genre was created in the 1970s by African Americans as a tool of power, protest, and personal expression. Desi artists have embraced the energy of that movement to create and perform music that is simultaneously art, activism, and entertainment.
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