Johnnyphlo x James Ha NY Chuseok Performance Released

Johnnyphlo has posted up the footage from his performance at the NY Chuseok Festival last month. The set features Philly r&b singer/body beatbox phenom James Ha on the last song.

Looks like it was a great event and it’s awesome to see JP invited back as a guest performer when only a year ago he performed as a contestant for JYP at the same festival.

News Quickies 08-27-09: Coast to Coast Benefit Events Edition

It looks like there are two big benefit events this weekend featuring a ton of Asian-American artists; one on the East Coast & one on the West. Much respect to everyone involved for putting their talents and gifts to a greater cause.

  • Over on the East we have Praise Revolution: A fundraiser event for New Vision; an organization in Philly whose mission it has been to keep the youth of Philadelphia out of trouble. Dave Bak, Jason Min, James Ha, Manifest, Lyricks, Decipher and more will all be performing. Check the two trailers here and here.

  • And on the West we got Music Speaks, a benefit concert for Autism Speaks on both Friday & Saturday Night. Autism Speaks is a charity dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism. Quest Crew, Gabe Bondoc, AJ Rafael Band, Passion, Cathy Nguyen, JR Aquino, Jennifer Chung, Jane Lui, Melissa Polinar, Mike Isberto, and more are all slated to perform for the cause. Check the promo trailer here.

James Ha covers ‘Knock You Down’

Body beatbox and R&B singer James Ha has released a new video of him covering Keri Hilson’s ‘Knock You Down’.

It’s a fun video and James adds his own flavor to it but it doesn’t quite have the charm of the original. I’d really like to hear what James can do behind a mic when he has the opportunity to concentrate only on the vocals.

And I still can’t believe how quickly the dude can snap his fingers.