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Rain Goodness: Adidas

Out of the many ad campaigns Rain has had, this is definitely my favorite.

Don't Sleep On Korean Hip Hop!

I don't listen to all that much K-hip hop but when I do, I make sure it's some good shit.  These are my new jams of the month:

Why I Love Kpop (It's All Rain's Fault)

So for the past year I’ve been kind of obsessed with something. Obsessed in a good way, of course. That “thing” would be Kpop. I know…I know… You’re thinking either, “What the hell is Kpop??” or “Why would you be interested in all of that? You can’t even understand what they’re saying!” Well, let me tell you why and how I fell into that obsession and why it continues to this day. Really, it all started with a man named Rain. In June of last year I finally decided to watch the movie Ninja Assassin. I love martial arts movies and movies with great special effects and gore and this one promised to have it all, AND it was done by the Wachowski brothers. What more could I ask for? I’d missed it in the movie theater and had kind of forgotten about it. I had no idea who this guy Rain was and, actually, I’d been kind of scoffing at the fact that he used the word “rain” as his name. Anyway, I proceeded to watch. It was bloody, gory and had tons of martial arts… then this Rain guy showed up:

I’m feeling inspired…

to post about men's street style.   Photo: Guerreisms Coming soon...

He’s Gonnneee!!!

South Korean Sensation Rain Enters Military as Hundreds of Fans Bid Him Farewell 10/11/2011 by Sofia M. Fernandez, Lee Hyo-won The pop singer-actor’s latest film, Soar Into the Sun, will be released in 2012. Is Rain the South Korean Elvis ? It certainly seemed so by the turnout of hundreds of fans in Seoul Tuesday that came to bid the singer-actor farewell as he entered military service. Like Elvis, who served two years in the U.S. Army, Rain will be an active-duty solder for the same amount of time with South Korea's Uijeongbu 306 Reserve Battalion. Military service is mandatory for all able-bodied South Korean men. Artist who have tried to avoid duty, have suffered career backlashes, reports the BBC . Rain will be off the public radar for the next two years, but fans will be able to watch him in military action through his air force movie, Soar Into the Sun . In Soar, Jung Ji-hoon – Rain’s real name, which he prefers to use for acting projects – plays a talented yet