88rising founder and CEO Sean Miyashiro, courtesy. Sean Miyashiro looks at 88rising’s partnership with the makers of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as a case of “worlds colliding.” The 40-year-old CEO and president of the wildly successful Asian art and music company—a San Jose native—said…

Ylona Garcia, courtesy. What happens if a rising pop star decides to get a job at a fast-food restaurant? In the case of now 19-year-old Filipina-Australian singer-songwriter and actress Ylona Garcia, she got a fans-flooded McDonalds and (an understandably) flustered manager. Garcia, a new signee to Paradise Rising, the…

According to founder Sean Miyashiro, 88rising is a “hybrid management, record label, video production, and marketing company.” This explains why it’s just as likely to discover flagship artists Joji, Rich Brian and NIKI on YouTube channels like First We Feast rather than those artists’ respective music. The collective works tirelessly to put…