Uptown 3000

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Uptown 3000 was a Korean American hip hop duo on the record label The Machine Group CEO Alvin & Calvin Waters which consisted of Carlos Galvan aka "Cali-Mexci" and Steve Kim aka "Kwon". [1] The duo was a spinoff of Uptown, a Korean hip hop group which was active in the late 1990s whose sales reached 6 million. The duo is considered defunct as the original Uptown made its comeback in Korea in 2006, which Kim and Galvan were a part of. The group has been credited with being the first Korean hip hop group to closely resemble anything similar to American style hip hop. [2]

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Return to Korea

In 2006, Kim and Galvan returned to Korea to re-form Uptown with Chris Jung. They released a new album, Testimony .

Appearances

Discography

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References

  1. "Alvin & Calvin Uptown 3000". VideoShoots.net. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  2. "Interview with Carlos Galvan". halfkorean.com. Retrieved February 18, 2014.