Cedric Clinton is an O'ahu born hip hop artist, accomplished surfer, screen printer, & entrepreneur. He is the founder of lifestyle brand Chi Funk, Co-Founder Of Bounce Back Hip Hop & the owner of Squeeze Play which is an O'ahu based screen printing & graphic design company. At 10 years old, he performed for his 1st time auditioning for his elementary school (Thomas Jefferson) talent show. From that moment on, Hip hop began to become a big part of his life. Within the next few years, he started freestyling + crafting his own songs. In 2017, he released his album ArtChiTexture which was nominated for a Na Hoku Hanohano award (Hawaii's version of the Grammy's) in the Hip Hop Album Of The Year category. Later that year he was also invited to be a core facilitator for soundshop which is a hip hop based workshop for middle & high school students founded by the Super Groupers & Taylour Chang from the Honolulu Museum of Art. In 2018, he co-founded Bounce Back Hip Hop which hosts a weekly mini hip hop concert series (Bounce Back Mondays) held at the Dragon Upstairs in Chinatown Honolulu every Monday. When Cedric isn't in the print shop, in the studio, or on a stage, you might be able to find him in the ocean, connecting to the aina (land/nature), or contributing to projects that uplift our local (& global) community.