GUEST JUDGES
YURI TAG (*will also do a guest performance)
Born and raised in Irvine, CA, Yuri Tag is a dancer, interior designer, and actress. She has been dancing and performing since the age of 5. Attending college at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), she received a B.A. in Social Ecology and an A.S. in Interior Design at Orange Coast College. While at UCI, she trained with Kaba Modern dance crew, where she initially discovered her passion for dance.
Before long, she embarked on a journey along with five other representatives for Kaba Modern as finalists on the 1st season of the hit MTV show, America’s Best Dance . Since then she has travelled all over the world to dance and work in film, print, and commercials. Recently she was featured in AT&T and Wong Fu Production’s “When It Counts” miniseries. Some of her credits include Nike, McDonalds, AT&T, Twix, and Flip Video. When she’s not dancing or on set, she keeps busy with interior design projects and leading children through music and dance at her church.
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MIKE B. (*will also do a guest performance)Michael Byun (aka Mike B.) is a Los Angeles based artist. The assortment of personal tales and reflections became the basis of his music along with a special twist on mainstream hip-hop sounds—a captivating integration of electronic beats and soul jazz. This is, Mike B.
Born and raised in Koreatown, Los Angeles, his path directs him to an emotionally hurtful event in his life, which led him to write his feelings down, creating them into lyrics, and producing his first song the same night. From then on he started writing about life-altering moments, to humorous and witty lyricism as the foundation of his music.
“I want to be seen as an artist and developing song writer, not just another Los Angeles underground rapper. I’m dreaming big, and those dreams are finally becoming a reality.” – Mike B.
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ROY CHOI
Roy Choi is currently Executive Producer and CEO of Kollaboration. He is also a Partner at Knighted Ventures, a diversified entertainment, new media and gaming investment company.
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FEATURING MC PAUL “PK” KIM
Paul PK Kim is the founder and Executive Director of Kollaboration, a non-profit organization and Asian talent show, which is now in its 14th year and draws over 20,000 people annually in fourteen cities. He is also the co-founder of LiNK, Liberty in North Korea, a non-profit organization dedicated to bring awareness to the needs of North Korean refugees. In 2012, he was invited to the White House as a Champion of Change for his contributions to the community. PK was born and raised on the rough streets of south central Burbank, CA, and grew up as a preacher’s kid (PK = preacher’s kid, but also Paul Kim). He is an experienced stand-up comedian and manages a wedding events company called Prokreation Productions, through which he has emceed, DJ’d, and provided sound for over 300 weddings and events.