--- description: Nam is a Korean-American Singer-Songwriter, K-pop Star and Entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Eric Nam  ## Eric Nam Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nam is a Korean-American Singer-Songwriter, K-pop Star and Entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia.  ## Eric Nam Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Mar 19, 2021 ### [If You're Surprised by Anti-Asian Violence, You Haven't Been Listening](https://time.com/5948226/eric-nam-anti-asian-racism-atlanta/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-nam/","name":"Eric Nam"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-nam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-nam/"},"name":"Eric Nam","jobTitle":null,"description":"Nam is a Korean-American Singer-Songwriter, K-pop Star and Entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9cc3bb16bc25959/698a182d0116825d55980713/EricNam6-Credit_-CJ-ENM.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/eric-nam/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```