Dumbfoundead

Jonathan Park (February 18, 1986), better known by his stage name Dumbfoundead, is a Korean American battle rapper originating from the Los Angeles Underground’s Project Blowed. He is well known for his affiliation with the West Coast division of Grindtime and his participation in Jumpoff’s 2007 World Rap Championships; both of which have given rise to his status as a strong web presence. He recently finished a stint as the opening act for Epik High’s Map the Soul tour. Dumbfoundead is a member of the hip hop trio Thirsty Fish and the Los Angeles battle crew the Swim Team.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jonathan «Dumbfoundead» Park (name: Park Sung Man) moved to Koreatown, Los Angeless at the age of two. He was often seen as a class clown by his peers at an early age, and was exposed to hip-hop at 14 upon entering a community center in MacArthur Park and meeting Los Angeles «OG’s» such as Mark Luv of Zulu Nation, Poppin’ Chuck, Cre8 (RTN), and EZ Rock (Rocksteady). This first experience with hip-hop allowed him to develop the technique of freestyling and to educate himself on hip-hop’s history and roots. A year later, he was taken to Project Blowed in South Central, LA by a high school friend. Here he would continue to hone his abilities as an emcee amongst the influence of «Blowdians» such as Otherwize, Riddlore, NoCanDo, P.E.A.C.E., and many others, eventually earning the title of «Blowdian» himself. One of Dumbfoundead’s signature lines is «Get your bars up».

Under an independent label, DFD has released two albums: the Super Barrio Bros. LP [2005] and Fun With Dumb [2009].

Dumbfoundead frequently collaborates with other artists; including Epik High, a popular Korean rap/pop group. He is featured on two full length tracks on the Epik High album e, «Maze» [2009] and «Rocksteady» [2009], and was featured as the opening act for the USA Map the Soul Tour in 2009. Since its inception Dumbfoundead has been a regular performer at the annual Asian Hip Hop Summit. Dumbfoundead has performed with many other notable artists such as Atmosphere, Jin, TraPhik, E-40, Drunken Tiger, Jay Park, The Living Legends, Aceyalone, GZA, Jeru The Damaja, Pigeon John, WC, Abstract Rude, Del, Myka 9, Krs One, Busdriver, and many others.

He has also had cameos in several works including DJ Honda’s «Let it Out» featuring Rakaa Iriscience, Money Harm aka Marvin Moore in 2009, Abstract Rude’s - «Thynk Eye Can» (featuring Aceyalone & Myka 9) in 2010, «Al Bundy» by Intuition in 2010, and the Fresh Coast Documentary in 2008.
Official site: http://dumbfoundead.com/