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Chinese Rapper Jin Sighting – Jin vs. Traphik Freestyle Hits Youtube

February 18th, 2010

For you younger generation of Asian-Americans, you may have been too young to remember Jin. Not that Jin’s disappeared — but for a solid 4-6 months, much of us 80s babies were witnessing the potential rise of an Asian rapper during our college days.

Jin took BET’s Freestyle Friday by storm and impressed the hip hop community enough that he ended up inking a deal with DMX’s label, Ruff Ryder Records. At his height, Jin even landed a small role in the second Fast and the Furious installment, 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Lately, Jin’s been doing smaller tours and appearances, but I was pleasantly surprised to find this random freestyle he posted onto youtube hanging out with Traphik.

The boy can spit

Jin & Traphik, Casual Freestyle

Best of Jin Freestyle Mix

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Posted in Asian American Music, Famous Asian Americans, Famous Asians

Doppelgänger Week On Facebook, Slim Pickings For Asians

February 1st, 2010

Finally, an entertaining chain Facebook status movement has managed to grab my attention. Instead of the usual “support-this-cause-that-only-assholes-would-be-against” and the random spam (thanks a lot Mob Wars) I usually find on my friend feed, this week is:

Doppelgänger week on Facebook; change your profile picture to some one famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status.

To see who my friends think they look like has been a real delight. Of course the self-annointed resemblances ranges from the eerily similar to totally self-flattering variety, I noticed that very few of my Asian friends are partaking in the fun.

Unfortunately, this is just illustrating the thin list of famous (Asian-American) actors, musicians, and celebrities for us to Doppelgänger-out on.

Otherwise we’d just give in to the “you all look alike” stereotype by all having either Lucy Liu, Yan-Can-Cook, and Bruce Lee as our profile pictures.

Instead, I thought it’d be funner to just make a mockery of this Doppelgänger week.

First picture I found after googling "asian caricature"

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Posted in Asian American Media, Famous Asian Americans, Famous Asians

Kobayashi’s 64 Hot Dogs Falls Short In 2009 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

July 8th, 2009

Kobayashi and Chestnut in 2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Six-time title-holder Takeru Kobayashi fell short of his seventh title after guzzling down 64 soaked hot dogs this Saturday. Since first ousting Kobayashi from the hot dog throne in 2007, Joey Chestnut of San Jose, CA set a world record for 68 hot dogs this July 4th at Nathan’s world famous hot dog eating contest.

As ironic as it may seem, for nearly a decade, a hot dog eating contest has been dominated by the lean and slender (Kobayashi and Chestnut pictured to your right).

After the match, the Japanese native simply conceded:

“I wish I could have done better…It was a real bummer that I lost.”

While most people knock competitive eating and dispute whether it’s a sport at all, I just find it simply fascinating.

Kobayashi On MTV’s True Life

In 2006, MTV’s True Life documentary series on unusual subcultures featured Kobayashi’s day-to-day life featuring challenges from local restaurants to eat ridiculous amounts of food. It’s quite entertaining, I promise.