Sunbiz was born in Vancouver to ethnic parents from Shanghai and he eventually moved to China where he is now a full-fledged citizen of the cosmic universe Besides sharing first names with legendary musician Sun Ra, and a similar cosmic philosophy that space is the place, Sunbiz also speaks through music so that the world will listen. Creating music for almost 10 years and covering all forms of music from reggae, hip-hop to video game and movie soundtracks including charting on Canadian radio and iTunes, the safe path of a parallel life working in banking was soon shunted to reclaim the music baton passed on from his mother’s pre-Cultural Revolution Chinese Opera legacy. Sunbiz’s debut ‘Love Before Everything’ encapsulates the diversity of influences that has manifested as the formal first chapter of his chart-trend defying musical output with a daring and bold visitation of music that he himself loves. Old school hip-hop and funk play out their rhymes and beats that recall a distant era traversing the Bronx to Minneapolis but produced exquisitely on the east coast banks of the Suzhou river in Shanghai by Sunbiz. Probably one of the best hip-hop/ funk albums ever to come out of China, the smoking and majestic opener, “Humble in the Jungle” featuring the vocals of Stace Prints time travels as it brings us back to the roots of hip-hop and funk juxtaposed by the strains of modern Chinese hip-hop of “Let’s Go” featuring TangKing. Jurassic 5 lend their vocals to an all-new version of their Red Hot reincarnated as “Dap The 5 Kings (It’s Red Hot)” which Akil the MC himself describes as “dope” with some masterful production work by Sunbiz. This is just the first act from a dazzling new name on the block. Hip-hop and funk history just had a re-run defying time and space in the alternate universe of Sunbiz