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...rival in a hip-hop battle show on BET told JIN to "leave rap alone and keep making fortune cookies." But last week the Miami-born son of Chinese immigrants became the first Asian-American rapper to release an album on a major label. On The Rest Is History, Jin plays off his roots in a way that has sparked controversy among Asian Americans. He calls himself "the original Chinky-eye M.C." and raps about labor abuses ("The sneakers on your feet cost 100 a pop/ My people get 15˘ a day in sweatshops") and interracial dating...
...church’s stage, a bandanna-crowned Asian-American bounced to the beat of his electric guitar, crooning, “River flow. Fire Burn. Holy Spirit breathe on me.”  Behind him, a bored-looking man picked at an keyboard, while another beat on a drum. The guitarist started rapping to the beat of the drum. “More than just go to class, more than just study for school grades, more than just get a job—there’s gotta be more...
Panichgul (pronounced pan-itch-gal), a former fashion writer who designs under the name Thakoon, showed his first collection at the just concluded New York Fashion Week. He is one of four young Asian and Asian-American designers--including Jeffrey Chow, Derek Lam and Peter Som--who stole the spotlight under the tents in Manhattan's Bryant Park last week with quirky, quiet and sophisticated clothes...
...DIED. HIRAM FONG, 97, a son of impoverished Chinese immigrants who became a millionaire businessman and the first Asian-American in the U.S. Senate, serving as Hawaii's only Republican Senator for 18 years; in Honolulu. A product of the Honolulu slums who worked his way through Harvard Law School, Fong lobbied for Hawaii's statehood and in 1959 was elected one of the state's first two senators. He was a staunch advocate for civil-rights causes, such as eliminating racial quotas in immigration...
...Dutch maestro's move East is a mirror image of a process that has been going on worldwide for more than a decade: the gradual Asianizing of Western classical music. Today, Asian-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma not only reigns supreme on his instrument but he is also probably the most famous (and friendliest) face of classical music, as he busily builds bridges between West and East and with the rest of the developing world. A truly global force, Ma's recent projects include a collaboration with Brazilian musicians and, on June 15, a performance in Singapore...