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Sean Miyashiro

Sean Miyashiro

CEO of American music company 88rising

Sean Miyashiro (born May 28, 1981 in San Jose, California[1]) is an American founder and CEO of Asian-American music company 88rising.[2][3][4]

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Career

In 2015, Miyashiro founded American music company 88rising.[5][6] He and 88rising have produced the annual Head in the Clouds music festival. The festival was founded in New York in 2015 and has had runs in Los Angeles, Jakarta, and Manila.[7]

He helped produce the soundtrack for American superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Kearns, Sarah (2023-03-13). "The Cosmic Success of 88rising". Hypebeast. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  2. [2]
    Jackson, Leigh-Ann (September 4, 2020). "The Work Diary of 88rising's Pan-Cultural Hitmaker". The New York Times.
  3. [3]
    Hsu, Hua (19 March 2018). "How 88rising Is Making a Place for Asians in Hip-Hop". The New Yorker.
  4. [4]
    Rys, Dan (May 21, 2021). "Executive of the Week: 88rising Founder Sean Miyashiro". Billboard.
  5. [5]
    Gokhman, Roman (October 4, 2021). "How San Jose native Sean Miyashiro built Asian arts giant 88rising". riffmagazine.com.
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    Daly, Rhian (12 October 2021). "The rise of creative titans 88rising: "Asian people have wanted this for a long time"". NME.
  7. [7]
    Mims, Taylor (2023-03-13). "Head in the Clouds Announces First New York Festival: See the Lineup". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  8. [8]
    Gordon, Jeremy (September 2, 2021). "How 88rising Crafted an Evocative Soundtrack for Marvel's 'Shang-Chi'". The New York Times.


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