Hotpa was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He got his start in a local band called Mental Brotherhood. Their debut album "Life In Mountain View" was considered an underground classic. The group toured through the Westcoast as well as Europe. Since then, Hotpa has been working on his solo career. He was featured on the highly successful compilation called "Bayside" which was released in Japan. The album has since sold over 150,000 units and helped to launch Hotpa into the Japanese music scene. Hotpa was then part of a successful tour that helped to promote the album in many cities all over Japan. Recently Hotpa has been working on many different projects with other local and national artists. He is currently busy with 2 new albums for release in Japan and U.S. His new albums will feature U.S. Artists: E-40, Mistah Fab, Keak Da Sneak, San Quinn, Sunspot Jonz, Goldie Gold and more. His Japan Artist list includes: Big Ron, Jin, Sphere, Cornhead, Micky Rich, Hibi Killa, Jazzy Blaze and others. Please keep an eye out for his album's "Japanese American" & "Thinking Out Loud" coming soon!
Hotpa was born and raised in Mountain View California. He is half Japanese, half Hungarian and 100% American. Hotpa got his start in a group called 4 Korners. Later he founded Mental Brotherhood which consisted of Muse, Suddle D, Scruff and Hotpa. Mental Brotherhood released the album "Life in Mountain View" which was a huge underground success. The album led to tours with Mac Dre, Zioni, Living Legends, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Mystik Journeymen, Murs, Heiroglyphics, Jt the Bigga Fi gga, Eqiupto, the list goes on and on. Since then, Hotpa is currently finishing work on his 1st solo project. He created the name Hotpa from the Hawaiian word Hapa, which means half and half. Recently Hotpa has been exploding on the Japanese hip hop and fashion scene! He was a big part of a compilation called "Bayside." The album sold over 150,000 copies and his ringtone did 200,000 downloads. He has worked with some of the greatest Japanese street artist's such as: Sphere, Jin, Cornhead, Dj Yutaka, Black Wallstreet Japan and Jam Kane, to name a few. Hotpa has just released his 1st American single called "Breath of Fresh" Air feat. R&B Vets. It is selling extremely well on iTunes and the reviews have been better than great! Check it out http://itunes.com/hotpa/breathoffreshair-single Hotpa is due to release his follow up single along with a full length album called "Live2Learn2Love2Die"! Recently Hotpa has been recording with San Quinn, E40, Sunspot Jonz, Karizmakaze, Goldie of The Federation, 50 Cal, Pete wonder and bunch more. Tours and shows are being lined up and are TBA. As well as working on fusion in Japan, he has began work with US fashion companies Liberation Lab, Tits, Upper Playground, Nooka, Radii, Anarchy and more. Hotpa also works closely with Reebok and Airwalk Japan. Word is he has a new clothing company to be announced soon that is going to be fashion street wear for the US and the Japanese street! Hotpa is the future of hip hop rap new music, life and fashion.Japanese style with a bay area hip hop approach.Keep checking back for more news and info on his fashion street wear for the USA and the Japanese street, new Japanese hip hop news, bay area rapper news and Hotpa's new hip hop rap music! 1 luv to all!
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