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Enoch's affinity with hip hop culture began as a young kid who grew up in South San Francisco, where he was exposed to a vast range of music like Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop and soul early on. Though heavily influenced by his musical upbringing, it wasn’t until 2006 where Enoch’s career ambitions became evident when he won Motorola/Live Nation's Music Biz 101 contest for an opportunity to go face to face with the likes of ?uestlove, Timbaland, Joe Levy (Rolling Stone) and Mimi Valdes (Vibe). After what could be the equivalent of winning the lotto for any young, aspiring MC, Enoch's hungry ambition and invaluable insight from his experience that resonated with the rapper, drove him to record his first mixtape within a week and has since then become affiliated with [hip hop TV show] Distortion 2 Static, released a string of mixtapes and his debut album "Struggle To Rhyme" in 2008, which has garnered him a strong buzz throughout the Bay Area.

Written by: Erika Estrada

Godspeed is his sophomore album.

The Higher Power Project is his podcast/writings dedicated to the powers that be.

Emassin, Bay Area born and raised and 1/5th of the underground crew ELEMNOP, is a Filipino-American rapper, artist, poet and writer but mostly identifies with being an emcee.

Influenced by Hip-Hop music from the late 80’s/90’s, Sufi poetry and literature from the Jazz Age, Emassin boasts complex rhyme patterns integrated with spirituality, vivid storytelling and undertones of anti-Eurocentric social awareness. 

Emassin credits his 20 years of advocacy and activism work to his dynamic and potent content. Making tracks with producers such as Arndroid, CeeRock and Dex Beats elevated his songs onto an international platform. Despite being somewhat unnoticed in the galaxy of Hip-Hop, Emassin is no newbie to curating music. 

With over a dozen albums under his belt throughout the span of a decade and a half there seems to be no shortage of music by Emassin as he and producer Arndroid continue to drop project after project.

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