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Famous Chinese-Americans in
Entertainment: Singing
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歐陽競
Jin
[Au Yeung]
b.1982, Miami, FL |
Rapper. Jin made a name for himself as a rapper by immersing himself in New York's
hip hop scene by winning on
Black Entertainment Television's 106th &
Park freestyle rap competition. In 2003,
he had a minor role in the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious as well as his first single "Learning Chinese".
His first album,
aptly titled The Rest is History. made him the first Asian American solo hip hop artist to sign with
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孔慶翔
William
Hung
b.1983, Hong Kong |
Reality TV show contestant who is stretching his 15 minutes of fame into months
and will probably stretch it into years.
An engineering student at the University
of California, Berkeley, William was a contestant
at the American Idol TV show in 2004. His
poor rendition of Ricky Martin's
"She Bangs"gained him instant
notoriety. What followed
is difficult to analyze. He made all the
rounds at TV talk shows, made many public
appearances (singing!), and released several
albums while professing his love of music
and serious intention to pursue a music career.
Is he a fool being taken advantage by the
entertainment industry? Is William in on
the racist joke? Does he realize that
other Asian Americans are squirming because
he gives credence to all the negative stereotypes
that people have about Asians? We may never
know the truth but at least for now it appears
that William is laughing all the way to the
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李玟
Coco Lee
b.1976, Hong Kong |
Pop singer. Lee grew up San Francisco before returning to Hong
Kong, where she became a very successful singer. She innovated the Chinese
music scene by combining R&B sounds with Taiwanese pop sounds.
She has recorded over a dozen albums in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English
including Di-Da-Di and
Coco's Party. She did the voice of Mulan and sang the theme song
in the Chinese version of Disney's movie. In the year 2000, she became the
first Asian singer to break into the American pop scene with her album
Just No Other Way. She sang Love
Before Time for the movie Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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Magdalen
Hsu Li
b. 1970
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Singer, songwriter. Li started studied to be
a painter before moving to Seattle, where she founded a women's advocacy group
and entered the music scene. Her songs are popular in the alternative music
circles. Her albums include Fire
and Evolution. |
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潘瑋柏
Wilber Pan
b. 1980, West Virginia |
A Chinese-American singer famous for doing covers of Korean songs. Pan is fluent in both Mandarin
and English. He attended California State Polytechnic University before launching his
singing and acting career in Taiwan.
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王力宏
Leehom Wang
b. 1976, Rochester, NY |
A Chinese-American R&B artist. He introduced a “chinked out” style to Chinese pop music, adding traditional Chinese music to pop music. He currently
has produced 12 albums. He made his film debut in the the critically appraised movie
directed by Ang Lee, Lust, Caution.
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