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HK Magazine

I was born in Miami. My parents are both immigrants from Hong Kong. 
I live with my grandparents now. I’m a firm believer in family. Family values is the most important aspect of the Chinese identity.
I don’t feel like Hong Kong has changed since I was a kid. It’s big, there are people everywhere, the traffic is busy and everybody’s in a hurry.
I’m still learning about the hip-hop scene, the music industry and the entertainment business here.
Normally, people who do well in Hong Kong try to break into the international market. But I’m not normal. I’ve come from the US, and I’m trying to break into the Hong Kong market.
It’s natural that Hong Kongers would want to hear my album. Actually, it was Wyclef Jean who first suggested that I rap in Cantonese, while he was producing other projects for me.
There’s one thing I don’t understand. Whenever I freestyle at a club in Hong Kong, the manager asks me not to rap in Chinese. But this is a Cantonese-speaking community!
I’m really proud of being an American-born Chinese. A lot of people always ask if I feel more Chinese or American, but this doesn’t make sense. I have Chinese blood but I was born in the States, so how can I decide what I am?
Whoever you are, wherever you come from, it’s very important to be proud and not ashamed of it.
Hong Kong media is intense, aggressive and beast. “Beast” is one of my favourite slang terms. It means that someone is doing something like an animal.
I can speak Cantonese but I can’t read Chinese. But everyday I look at the newspapers and ask people what kind of stories the Chinese media is running. Man, they’re beast.
I learned Cantonese by watching TVB dramas when I was a kid.
I love TVB. I’m familiar with a lot of TVB stars. But when I tell people this, many of them say, “dude, what’s your problem?” But I think that TVB makes a lot of good shows.
The music industry here could use some more diversity. Every song is a karaoke song or a love song.
I love karaoke. I sing mostly English songs because I only know a couple of Chinese ones. That said, my favourite karaoke song is Leon Lai’s “Sorry, I Love You.”
As for the hip-hop scene, I just want to add more to it. In the past you could count all the local hip-hop artists on one hand, but it’s getting better now.
It wasn’t difficult for me to learn how to rap, but, like everybody else, I sucked when I first started.
I do get some discrimination, but not in hip-hop. In the United States, people on the street discriminate against me. But I don’t let it affect me.
Being a good rapper is about how well you know yourself. Rapping is all about developing your identity, taking whatever you’re thinking and putting it into lyrics.
Just do what you love to do. If you can survive, take care of yourself, your family and the people that you love, that’s fine.
I believe in God. I’ve been a Christian since I was 9 and went to bible school for 5 years. The best piece of advice I learned from God is to have faith. As long as you have faith, you’ll be OK.
Life is about wanting to find out what you don’t already know: how am I going to make money? Who am I going marry? When am I going to die?
Money rhymes with sunny. When you have money, you feel like the sun is out. Money also rhymes with funny. When you have money, people think you’re extra funny. Money also rhymes with honey, and when you have money, girls think you’re sweet!


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Chinese Rapper MC Jin

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MC Jin is the first high-profile Chinese rapper in the United States, and seven-time winner of American televised rap battle “Freestyle Friday.” Freshly relocated to Hong Kong, he talks about his ABC identity and his affection for TVB.
