1. Jin Au-Yeung, known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian of Chinese descent.
39 Facts About MC Jin
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MC Jin Au-Yeung was born on June 4,1982, in Miami, Florida, to Hong Kong immigrants of Hakka descent.
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MC Jin was raised in the general Miami area, where his parents owned a Chinese restaurant and Jin attended John F Kennedy Middle School in North Miami Beach.
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MC Jin went on to attend North Miami Beach Senior High School, from which he graduated in 2000.
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Unlike other competitors, MC Jin occasionally spoke Cantonese in his freestyle verses.
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In October 2004, MC Jin released his debut album, The Rest Is History, which reached number 54 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart.
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On May 18,2005, MC Jin revealed that he would be putting his rap career on hold in order to explore other options.
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MC Jin collaborated in 2005 with Queens-born rapper Creature on his song "Never Say Die," which featured Slug and Busdriver.
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MC Jin was featured on Taiwanese pop artist Leehom Wang's 2005 album Heroes of Earth.
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The first, 100 Grand MC Jin, was a mixtape that was released on August 29,2006.
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On his MySpace, MC Jin mentioned that he was working on another English album named "Birthdays, Funerals and Things in Between".
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MC Jin premiered the song, "Open Letter to Obama," on April 24,2007, which made him become 1st on then-Presidential nominee Barack Obama's Top 8 list on MySpace.
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Later that year, MC Jin decided to make his November 2006 online album, I Promise available in retail stores; it was given an October 23,2007, release.
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MC Jin released his first all-Cantonese language album, ABC, in 2007.
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MC Jin frequently starred in commercials there and made numerous appearances on TVB like Big Boys Club.
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MC Jin did a collaboration with Malaysian rapper Point Blanc in a track titled "One Day".
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MC Jin put the song "Welcome to the Light Club" on his Myspace page.
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MC Jin is a Christian, stating in his song "Welcome to the Light Club" he was baptized in 2008.
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MC Jin has done a track over a DJ Premier-produced joint titled "World Premier".
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MC Jin has recently thrown out a Hip-Hop Census in honor of the 2010 Census and Chinese New Year, 2010.
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MC Jin released a mixtape entitled "Say Something", on May 15,2010.
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MC Jin released an album with his friend Hanjin Tan in 2010.
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On July 10,2010, MC Jin collaborated with singer Hanjin Tan to release another Cantonese album.
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MC Jin released a music video for his English single "Angels".
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In December, 2010, MC Jin released a Christmas music video entitled "Rap Now, 2010" with Hong Kong Chief Executive, Donald Tsang.
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On March 7,2011, MC Jin released a music video for a song from his upcoming English album entitled "Charlie Sheen," collaborating with artists Dumbfoundead and Traphik.
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MC Jin released an EP titled Sincerely Yours, a Christian-oriented and self-improvement-oriented EP featuring positive messages about life and self-reflective insights into his own life.
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On May 16,2011, MC Jin released the track "AIYA" featuring label-mate, Toestah.
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In 2012, MC Jin announced that he was moving back to the United States to raise his son with his wife in New York.
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In February 2012, MC Jin released a re-vamped version of his EP, Sincerely Yours 2.0, featuring some of the same lyrics, but many others changed, slightly altering the overall feel of the record.
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In December 2012, MC Jin released the Brand New Me EP.
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In late 2013, MC Jin collaborated with independent label, The Great Company.
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MC Jin began performing stand-up comedy in New York City in 2015.
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MC Jin has since released several songs in Mandarin, including "Zero", a promotional song for the 2017 movie The Foreigner starring Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, who considers MC Jin to be his friend.
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MC Jin was eliminated in episode 5, only to return later in episode 6, following fellow contestant Henry Huo Zun's withdrawal from the show in light of recent controversies.
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MC Jin married his wife Carol on February 12,2011, in Puerto Rico.
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MC Jin was converted by Chinese American pastor Jaeson Ma.
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MC Jin has since released several gospel themed projects expressing his faith.
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Bu-Shuai means 'not handsome' in Mandarin, and MC Jin joked with his fans that although he is not handsome as compared to many artists, he is proud to be so as he is secure in himself as an 'un-handsome'.