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Originally Posted by Lockjaw
He's probably in small part refering to a rapper named Jin who is poised to start making some noise on the hip hop scene. As you probably already know there's a rather sizeable collection of young Asian Americans who have co-opted the hip-hop lifestyle and intermingled it with their own culture.
Look him up he's not half bad. Not the greatest but pretty good.
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I know Jin, and unfortunately, his quality of rap has dropped signifcantly since he was signed with Rough Ryders. He should've stuck to battling. Much love, though, as he's one of the first asian MCs to make it. The "Azn" movement is a fucking joke, so don't bother bringing that up. It's as pointless as mentioning V-Unit and their music video. The artists that Jorgelito mentioned, though they may have an asian member or two, still don't receive much credit, at least in my eyes. If you guys want to hear good asian MCs, check out Drunken Tiger, Snacky Chan, Seoulstylez, and other heads from the LA underground scene.
Honestly, I don't think asian will be
given a chance to advance in the entertainment industry beyond kung-fu and racing movies. Jin and these other heads coming up in the entertainment scene aren't going to help at all, either. The best things that have occured in entertainment so far in terms of asian- americans are Harold and Kumar, Better Luck Tommorrow, and the Korean couple in Lost. I can only hope that more people are ready to stand up, and break the conventions of the industry themselves. I aim to be one of them, though I know there will be plenty of people before me.