Awich
Asian Wish Child
Awich, who is actually called Akiko and whose alias is short for Asia Wish Child, a name she created to reflect her roots. As a child, she would stay up all night on her home island of Okinawa writing poetry about various things such as life, love, the universe and more. When she was 13, she heard Tupac's All Eyes on Me for the first time and has been obsessed with hip hop ever since.
In 2006, she released her debut EP Inner Research. That same year, she moved to Atlanta to go to school when the Southern hip-hop boom was at its peak. She bounced between Tokyo and Atlanta, releasing her first proper album Asian Wish Child in 2007. During this time, she married a New Yorker and gave birth to her daughter Toyomi Jah'mira.
When Awich finally got her bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing in 2011, the family was about to move to Okinawa when her husband was murdered in an incident. She returned home with her daughter and faced seemingly endless depression and self-doubt. This intense process of self-discovery had a cathartic effect and helped her experience a deeper meaning of life, love and forgiveness.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
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