Asia Yu grew up in Denver in the 1970s. Her mom was from Iowa and her father from China. She credits her pull to community work to the diverse neighborhood of Park Hill where she lived and the spirit of community organizing that surrounded her.
“I was impacted by the leadership in our city, by the powerful people of color, including the Chicano movement that came out of Denver,” Yu, also known as Asia One, said.
While she was attending community college and taking fine arts classes, she decided to open up a hip-hop shop in an undeveloped part of town near the railroad tracks. . . .
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