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songs such as "I'm a Filipino" and their hit "I'm So Hungry", a parody of

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's "

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" that played over

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an local airwaves. The group released their first album, "Radio Will Nevah Be Da Same", in 1989.

History

The 3 Local Boyz was a short-lived local

an radio

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group on the I-94 ( KIKI-FM) radio station from the late 1980s to the 1990s, known by their nicknames "Jimmy Da Geek" (James Bender), Lanai Boyee (Grant Tabura), and Alan "da Cruzah" Oda, with Matt Young as record producer and recorder. Hawaiian Ryan (Ryan Matsumoto), featured on their album, attended Kaiser High School where he met both Lanai Boyee and Jimmy Da Geek. Oda then left the group and was replaced by Matsumoto. They have produced parody songs on their 1990 album ''Rasta Revolution'' that can be described as being FOBish. The 3 Local Boyz then became the 2 Local Boyz with Lanai Boyee and Jimmy Da Geek releasing another album. Then Jimmy Da Geek left I-94 and was replaced by comedian

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(or Augie Tulba). The new duo released a CD called ''Home in da Housing''. All individuals have moved on. Jimmy Da Geek has gone on to radio for

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then

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and released his own solo album, titled ''So So Haolefied''. He now resides in Mesa, Arizona. Alan "da Cruzah" Oda later became a radio executive, went to

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and

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, then retired from radio and moved home to

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. Hawaiian Ryan too released his own album (''Saving Ryan's Privates'') and did

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while pursuing comedy. His radio career landed him at stations like KQMQ and

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. He now works for

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. Lanai went on to radio for

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. Augie T was elected to represent District 9 of the Honolulu City Council on November 3, 2020.

Discography

''Rasta Revolution''

*Year: 1990 *Genre:

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*Label: Hip Jam Records *Producers: Jimmy the Geek, Lanai Boy, and featuring Hawaiian Ryan *Recorded Media:

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''Home in da Housing''

*Year: 1995 *Genre:

*Label: Tropical Records *Recorded Media: CD,

*Note: 2 Local Boyz

''Soul Braddah''

*Year: 1995 *Recorded Media: CD,

*Note: 2 Local Boyz

Other releases

References

{{Reflist American parodists American comedy musical groups Musical groups from Hawaii Parody musicians