Before there was Mizz Nina, or Pop Shuvit, there were the golden years of the English hip hop scene in Malaysia. Started in the 90s, Poetic Ammo was one of the key acts that contributed to the boom of the hip hop and rap scene locally.<\/p>\n
Who can forget the catchy, and yet relatable songs like Who Be The Player <\/em>and Monay, Monay<\/em>?<\/p>\n However, good things do not always last forever. The band ran into obstacles and internal problems among the members which led to the hibernation of the band. The last album released was The Return of Tha\u2019 Boombox<\/em> in 2004 with just Yogi B and Point Blanc in the group.<\/p>\n After a brief hiatus, Nicholas Ong, popularly known as Point Blanc, continued to share his passion and talent with the release of his first solo album, Straight to the Point<\/em>. The talk-of-the-town and on-repeat single from the album, Ipohmali<\/em> won an ERA Award<\/em> 2007 for the Best Local English Artiste of Choice category.<\/p>\n Point Blanc\u2019s first album is a tri-lingual album featuring songs in Chinese, English and Bahasa Malaysia, sweeping multiple awards, such as the Local English Artiste of Choice category in the ERA Awards 2007.<\/p>\n With a record label (Voyeur Records), fashion\/clothing line (Voyeurizm), music publishing company (So Fly Publishing), entertainment collective (The Kingspin) and two solo albums, under his belt, Point Blanc has truly \u201cbeen there, done that\u201d.<\/p>\n After Poetic Ammo disbanded, Point Blanc grew from a rapper to an entrepreneur. Here is how he did it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,254,280,256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fame-fortune","category-income","category-interview","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPoint Blanc shares with iMoney Malaysia\u2019s editor, Iris Lee, his journey in the industry and how he achieved the longevity that made him who he is, the entrepreneur and award winning entertainer, producer and songwriter. <\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"