Prach Ly came to the United States as a child with his family to escape Cambodia's killing fields. He grew up in Long Beach, California where he started rapping in English and Khmer about Cambodia's genocide, his community and life as an immigrant. Then he became a star in Cambodia nearly overnight after he released a homemade CD.
The press dubbed him the first Khmer rap star and credited him with bringing hip-hop to Cambodia. Prach Ly recently took a break from working on his latest album to perform at Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
, where he spoke to VOA's Robin Chen Delos. Here he tells his own story.
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