Planet Asia a.k.a King Medallions (настоящее имя Jason Green, род. 24 октября 1976 г.) - андерграунд хип-хоп артист из Fresno, California, является участником хип-хоп группы Cali Agents и Skhool Yard. Он также хорошо известен своей обширной дискографией микстейпов.
В 1990-х годах, Planet Asia переехал из Fresno, California в San Francisco, California и начал серьезно заниматься рэпом. С 1997-2001, Planet Asia выпустил популярные 12 дюймовые синглы. Такие синглы как "Definition of ILL" и "Place of Birth" были выпущены на разных лейблах, таких как Stones Throw и ABB Records.Он достиг полного признания в 2001 году, когда журнал The Source дал ему награду за лучший независимый альбом года How the West Was One, который был записан совместно с Rasco и заключил контракт с Interscope Records. Вскоре на Interscope Records стало больше популярных артистов, как Eminem и 50 Cent, Planet Asia не получил большой популярности. Он остался на Interscope Records до 2003 и не выпустил ни одного альбома. Он бы номинирован на Грэмми в 2002 за песню "W". Planet Asia содрудничал вомногих направлениях с известными артистами, таких, как: Linkin Park, Bun B, Talib Kweli и Ghostface Killah.
В 2003 году Avatar Records, предложила заключить контракт и в 2004 был выпущен первый сольный альбом Planet Asia - The Grand Opening, который принес еще одну награду от The Source за лучший независимый альбом года.
Его альбом The Medicine, был выпущен 3 октября 2006 г. на ABB Records. Альбом был спродсюрован Evidence из Dilated Peoples, а также The Alchemist, Nucleus & Bravo.
26 июня, 2007, Planet Asia выпустил альбом "The Jewelry Box Sessions: The Album" на Gold Chain Music. Альбом включал сингл "Havin' Things". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Planet Asia also known as King Medallions (real name Jason Green) is an underground rapper from Fresno, California who is a member of The Nation of Gods & Earths, and performs in hiphop groups the Cali Agents, and Skhool Yard. He is also well known for his vast discography of mixtapes. During the 1990's, Planet Asia moved from Fresno, California to San Francisco, California and started rapping religiously. From 1997-2001, Planet Asia had been releasing various popular 12 inch singles. These singles such as "Definition of ILL" and "Place of Birth" were released by various labels such as Stones Throw and ABB Records. He reached full acclaim in 2001 when The Source gave him the First Round Draft Pick and Independent Album of the Year awards for How the West Was One. How The West Was One was recorded with fellow rapper Rasco under the group name Cali Agents and landed him a deal with Interscope Records.
Since Interscope Records had many other popular artists like Eminem and 50 Cent, Planet Asia did not get much promotion. The Fresno rapper stayed with Interscope until 2003 and did not release one album. He did however get nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for the song "W" by Mystic. In October, 2007 Asia performed at the OC Tavern after Aliso Black an acclaimed member from the X-tort Clan opened for him. He also made many collaboration tracks with famous artists such as Linkin Park, Bun B, Talib Kweli and Ghostface Killah.
In 2003, Avatar Records signed Planet Asia to an exclusive world-wide recording contract and in 2004 released Planet Asia's debut album, The Grand Opening, to positive feedback. It earned him another Independent Album of the Year award from The Source. Avatar also released 12" vinyl records including "Summertime In The City" b/w "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt, "Its All Big" b/w "Right or Wrong", and "Real Niggaz" featuring Ghostface. His record "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt was prominently featured in John Travolta's 2005 film "Be Cool" released by MGM. After leaving Avatar, Planet Asia started his own record label, Gold Chain Music, with Walt Liquor.
His latest album, The Medicine, was released on October 3, 2006 on ABB Records. The entire album was produced by Evidence of Dilated Peoples, with co-production credits from The Alchemist, Nucleus & Bravo. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.