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Kepping Chinatown: mainstream America's first Asian-American solo rapper battles myths, markets and the tightrope line between exposure and exploitation.(culture)(Biography)
Before a single album sale, Jin tha MC's story already rings like a well-worn street tale. Born in Miami, raised on bok choy and Biggie, Jin (nee Jin Au-Yeung) hustled hip-hop undergrounds while most kids his age were sweating high-school algebra. The 22-year-old met his manager outside New York's landmark Fat Beats music shop, then--in the tale's coup d'etat--announced a historic record deal to millions of viewers after he made Black Entertainment Television's "106 & Park" freestyle Hall of Fame, having slain seven race-baiting opponents with retorts like "You wanna say I'm Chinese, sonny here's a reminder/Check your Timbs, they probably say 'Made in China.'"
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