Home for me will always be the music I listen to.  I’ve been obsessed with music since I was an infant and have been blessed to play with many different bands, worship leaders, and producers over the years. All genres of music to me represent a different side of my personality and a different season of my life. Hip-hop and pop were the first genres that I was exposed to as a kid and the genres I return to when I need new inspiration.

Yoon Mi Rae is an Asian-American artist that I discovered while doing research for this course. Yoon was born in Texas to Korean-American parents but moved back to Korea before entering high school. She is now a popular rapper/singer in Korea.

As soon as I heard Yoon’s music I was reminded of one of my favorite American artists: Lauryn Hill. Both Hill and Rae’s art employ singing and rap, classic R&B piano tracks and drum machines. It’s strange to me that two artists can sound so similar but one is familiar to me and the other seems foreign just based on what language the lyrics are written in.