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As a 12-year-old boy, Amin Khorasanee would listen to the Wake Up Show, a hip-hop show on 106.1 KMEL, and be inspired be the rappers lyrical poetry on the airwaves. By hearing such artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., and members of the Wu Tang Clan, the Union City native knew it was his destiny to be an infamous rapper someday.

Now known by his stage name, AM1, Khorasanee is planning to release an EP this summer. He also plans to go on a mini tour, performing in front of hundreds of Bay Area hip-hop fanatics.

Khorasanee, a 23-year-old senior corporate finance major at San Jose State University, started taking hip-hop seriously in high school. Captivated by hip-hop graffiti and music, Khorasanee became even more influenced the more he became involved with the hip-hop culture. He started writing songs and emulated some of the premier rappers during that time period. Khorasanee would get a microphone and practice his ad-libbed rhymes in a closet. After advancing his rapping skills, he then started recording songs over his friend’s house. His friend would create beats over Fruity Loops, a music generating computer program, while Khorasanee would rhyme over it.

When Khorasanee got to San Jose State University, he began to take his music career to a much higher level. His hit single “Can It Be,” which used a sample of The Jackson 5, got heavy rotation from radio stations such as San Jose State ’s 90.5 KSJS and Stanford’s 90.1 KZSU. Fans of Khorasanee would request his songs to be played on the air. Khorasanee would also go to the radio stations and performed ad-libbed rhymes for the listeners. After being more well-known within the underground hip-hop community, he then released a mix tape titled “The Take Over Mixtape” and disturbed it nationwide through his myspace Web site.

Since the release of his successful mix tape, Khorasanee has preformed in numerous venues such as the Britannia Arms in Cupertino and the Improv in downtown San Jose . Also, Khorasanee opened for prominent hip-hop artists such as Frontline, and Scarub of the Living Legends Crew.