sure they did... not that i know who they are, i just heard a beat and lyrics and thought it was fuckin the best thing in the world so i tried to listen to anykind of rap...when, what i get from u so far, is SAW someone like u, and tried to be cool infront of ur friends cuz u think u can rap too

edit: and just cuz im in the mood and this rarley happens, lets battle right quick and what not

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HK The Great

nahh your rong.. i was influenced at the time becaus i wrote poetry.. and i didnt wanna do that my friend showed me jin and i thought that was the best way of using my poetic skills.. plus i liked it alot.. juss a lesson for ya

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Nuff Said

wow, this kids fucking brilliant.

swear RB is pathetic at times

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"and i didnt wanna do that my showed me jin "???? WTF???



then dont say shit... everyone complains about people talkin bout dumbshit, yet they post dumb shit critizing people for sayin dumbshit... dumbshit...

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HK The Great

hardcore's got it a bit twisted... sure it's cool to be inspired by the music, but that doesn't mean that iconic role models arent' important...

hip hop and rap was founded on the ideals that young black americans could do somthing powerful and creative... and those young black americans saw what was possible and the culture grew...

if i saw an asian rapper and was inspired by the image of the oriental then am i not doin the same thing...

{Peace}

p.s. i got into rap through beatboxin after i saw a rahzel show...

honestlly, who cares how anyone got into rap, except for yourself. Fuck do i care why eminem got into rap? Fuck do i care why nas got into rap. If the culture is growing, expanding, etc. Then no one should be complaining. Shit started off where if you sold 100,000 copies of a cd you were considered amazing, and its now at the point where gold (500,000) inst good enough. Black, white, Brown, green.....Who cares, good music is good music. If jin makes music i feel, i feel it. If common makes good music i feel, i feel it. If em makes good music, i feel it. So what if someone was inspired by an asian rapper, whats wrong with that?

some threads are just pointless.

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thats cool and i understand that and thats how it is and ur right and everything...the thing is its a gimmick, so if that foo flops and never shows face again, what im sayin is are u still gonna try to rap, or is it a faze ur goin thru or something... check it... jin aint new at all.... so u had to have known about rap before him... well u said u didnt wanna rap but then u heard about a asian rapper, so then it was like " hey hes asian, that means i can do it to" or something of that nature, so it seems like ur only do it cuz u heard an asian rapper does it... which makes it a gimmick...

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HK The Great

actually i liked snoop dogg when i was about 4 or 5.. didnt understand it but i danced to it..

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No that doesnt make it a gimmick you monkey...please refer to dictionary.com and look up gimmick.

If you was 5'8" and you played ball somewhat. Then u seen spud webb or earl boykins standing at like 5'6", and was like..damn if he can play then i can play, and u look up to him...does that mean short people in the NBA are a gimmick..lmfao...no

If your saying that jin is ONLY rapping because he is asian and they are trying to make money off of that fact solely, and he truley does not have talent, THEN that makes him a gimmick.

getting facts/defentions straight before entering into discussions is always recommended.

one

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soulful is bang on... we aren't talkin about gimmicks anymore... but the point is asian rappers aren't really a growing trend so much as hip hop is becoming a very multiculturally diverse platform for artists...

that's why i love rap so much, doesn't matter who you are you can convey a message... someday there will only be one race, the human race, and we will all listen to hip hop and share ideas through it's artform...

{Peace}

I think you're holding yourself back by even thinking about stuff like this.

I think they could easily make it...
And still people saying Eminem is basically wack.. thats dumb..
We all know he's pretty tight lyrically.. its just taking into account the mainstream fanbase that makes people say otherwise..

Look Eminem is nice, but fact is.. if he would've been black he would not have been this big.. ever.
Jin? ..a little hype it'll blow over soon..
Basically because he's nothin special.
People say rap is a expression... say anyone can express theirselves through it.
Just when u do.. stick to ur own culture.. & dont go around saying "nigga"
Cause it's so "cool"

Maybe not..
But when you come to think about it... he musta worked a hell of a lot harder to get where he is now being white..
From street corners, to radio spots etc.. Once Dre signed him.. thats when the white issue carried him even further maybe..
But til then.. I'd say he worked harder than most, and deserved it.