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Jin and Juice

Photo: Asian-American rapper Jin (from the New York Times).

Us Asian guys, we turn up where you’d least expect and always school you propah, dogg!

I’ll let this excerpt from the New York Times article tell the story:

In his lyrics Jin talks unabashedly about his Asian ethnicity, sometimes in self-defense but more often because he wants to bolster the idea of an Asian-American rapper. In last year’s battles on BET’s “106 & Park,” rival rappers most frequently hurled ethnic insults at Jin:

I’m a star

He just a rookie

Leave rap alone and keep making fortune cookies.

But Jin turned those taunts into his own disses:

You wanna say I’m Chinese

Sonny here’s a reminder

Check your Timbs

They probably say made in China

he raps, referring to Timberland shoes. And

Yeah, I’m Chinese

Now you understand it

I’m the reason that his little sister’s eyes are slanted

If you make one joke about rice or karate

N.Y.P.D. be in Chinatown searching for your body.

Yeah, boyeeeee!

12 replies on “Jin and Juice”

And here I thought *I* was making great strides for Asian rappers with my kick-ass accordion rendition of Young MC’s “Bust A Move” at Kickass Karaoke.

Hey, Jin, if you’re reading this, d’you need a guy to back you up, with accordion and smokin’ rhymes?

MY NAME IS JOEY DEVILLA

THE THRILLA FROM MANILA

I BE ILLA

I BE CHILLA

THEY CALL ME GEEKZILLA

Don’t forget previous lyrical gems such as these from the Mountain Brothers, Philadelphia’s own Asian hip-hop suckerpunch:

“For true heads I got tales

My rhymes is cryptic

I’m up and coming like a stiff dick

Asian/Pacific American

So bear Witness like Harrison”

SUP Dawg!

Ur Shit is tight. KEep represnting the Asian people. Ur battle are tight. keep it up wit rapping

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