Chen Lo

Chen Lo has shared the stage with the likes of The Roots, Dead Prez, Common, Erykah Badu,
KRS-ONE, Brand Nubian, Amanda Diva, A Tribe Called Quest, Xzibit and has done work with
Abiodun Oyewole of the legendary Last Poets. To date, he has recorded notable collaborations
with K'Naan, Murs Jean Grae, Chino Maurice and Ryan Leslie.
Furthermore, Chen and his band, The Lo Frequency, has toured with Jazz at Lincoln Center on
the Rhythm Road and has performed, implemented music/culture workshops and master classes
in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain and Honduras. He has been
heavily involved with various music related projects in Africa and has worked in South Africa,
Swaziland and Senegal. Chen has also been a cultural envoy of hip-hop history, culture and
practice in Vietnam.
He has developed and implemented a Hip Hop Education Series called Creative Liberation that
has run successfully in Pittsburgh, PA and Brooklyn, NY. The curriculum balances a historical
analysis of black music from the West African griot tradition to the birth and life of Hip Hop culture.
It includes a survey of the technical aspects of songwriting, recording, performing and marketing
purposeful products. An interdisciplinary Master's from New York University in Art and Social
Change has only served to increase Chen Lo's level of expertise in this area of service.
Moreover, Chen Lo has been working with an organization called Project Africa Global (PAG).
PAG, a dedicated group of healthcare professionals that has conducted medical missions to the
African continent for almost ten years, tapped Chen Lo to co-coordinate its annual AfricAmerica
Youth Summit in Swaziland. Chen employs various creative arts including music/poetry, dance,
visual arts and theater to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS, while imploring the youth toward
tangible change. He has also done art education and youth empowerment work with the Lyrical
Embassy in Senegal at the Seed Academy, an NBA affiliated educational and athletic institution.
Chen Lo's single "Brooklyn," was chosen as the lead single for the "Blackout" motion picture
soundtrack (a BET/Paramount feature film). The video has been featured on BET'S 106 & Park
and Rap City as well as various MTV Networks (MTV2, mtvU) and shows (YO! MTV Raps, The
Lab, The Freshman). His follow-up single/video "Give It All Up" has also been featured on
various networks. His artistic proficiency has led mainstream television networks like MTV to
request his services in various commercial campaigns that have yielded nine spots to date. In
addition, he has been a frequent contributor to BETJ's My Two Cents bringing his personal and
professional perspectives the world. Most recently, his international work was featured on CBS
Sunday Morning alongside Wynton Marsalis, Duke Ellington, Louie Armstrong, Dizzy
Gillespie and Dave Brubeck.