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Phnom Penh Post 21/10/2011

December 1st, 2011 | By

Khmer hip hop kids to go down under Chris Yates Friday, 21 October 2011 A group of Khmer hip hop dancers, singers and rappers from local NGO Tiny Toones is hoping to travel to Australia next year and meet up with Aussie retail outlet and music label Obese Records. Dancers Homie, Fresh, Flex, Kha, Slick, [...]

Phnom Penh Post 5/4/2011

August 22nd, 2011 | By

Unique approach to youths at risk TUESDAY, 05 APRIL 2011 15:01 CHARLES AMERY IT has a cartoon name, a former break-dancing jailed teenage street-gang member as its founder, runs on a budget about the size of a company CEO’s annual salary, and helps nurture, mentor, inspire and educate more than 3,500 of the most underprivileged [...]

Phnom Penh Post 5/4/2011

August 22nd, 2011 | By

KK heart and soul of Tiny Toones TUESDAY, 05 APRIL 2011 15:00 POST STAFF “KK IS the heart, brain and soul of Tiny Toones. He has respect and is the role model for the older kids. It is not just dancing, KK has changed their lifestyle.” The words of TT communications manager Ula Piller, and [...]

Los Angeles Times 10/6/2010

August 21st, 2011 | By

He flips, spins, turns his life around Deported from the U.S., a former Long Beach gang member makes a name break dancing in Cambodia and becomes a role model. June 10, 2010|By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times His arms and chest coated with gangland-style tattoos, his eyebrow pierced, Tuy “K.K.” Sobil sits in a cafe [...]