Honored by Governor David A. Paterson and the State of New York for his “legacy of leadership to the Asian American community and the Empire State” in May 2010, Taiyo Na is a singer, songwriter, MC and producer. His debut album Love is Growth (Issilah Productions, 2008) established himself as “a multidimensional talent with a unique creative voice that fuses the rhythms of the city that raised him with the soul of the Asian immigrant culture that birthed him” (Okayplayer.com). The album features the song “Lovely To Me (Immigrant Mother),” whose music video to the song was heralded by MTV Iggy as “the realest thing seen in a while.” In June 2010, he released a collaboration album entitled Home:Word with hip-hop duo Magnetic North. About the recent album, AngryAsianMan.com has described it as "one of my favorite albums of the year."