Jin, the Asian battle rapper best known for showcasing his skills on BET's 106 & Park, has returned from a brief retirement after a name change and a split with Ruff Ryders.

Jin, who only months ago declared his retirement from rap, has dropped his Asian given name to be known simply as, The Emcee. He will release his next record under the new moniker on his freshly formed independent label, CraftyPlugz.

"The whole dropping [of] the name, it's not even about the name, [it's] more about a new identity," The Emcee explains. "I'm speaking about me, I'm an emcee at the end of the day. So that's where 'The Emcee' comes in."

The artist formerly known as Jin also commented on his relationship with the Ruff Ryders camp.

"Contractually, I still am [bound to them]...That's the funny thing about the record industry. You can be signed to a label, and they not give a damn about you. I'm a grown man. I'm not only doing this for fun, I do this for a living...This is what I do to survive...I can't sit around waiting for a label to come to its senses and say, 'Oh, we believe in you now.'"

In a recent interview on Rude Jude and Lord Sear's "All Out Radio Show" on Shade 45, The Emcee had more positive words for his situation with the Ruff Ryders. "Yo there's no hard feelings, its not like we ended on bad terms, nobody got dropped, it was just reality man."

In other related news, Jin lost a recent Fight Klub emcee battle to unknown rapper Serious Jones. Many felt Jones won by using unfair racial jokes, but Jin say he was just having an "off day." The Emcee, who was the former Fight Klub champion, would have won $10,000 at the August 22nd battle.

Fans can peep tracks from The Emcee's upcoming album, his complete Shade 45 interview and freestlye, and the video for his latest single "Top 5" (featuring the legendary Kool Herc) on theemcee.com/. Jin presents: The Emcee's Properganda hits stores October 25th.

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unfair racial jokes? a battle iz a battle........ anything goes, and as long as u came wit it, you're respected. the Emcee......... funny ass name, but i got no room to talk. guess we'll have to cop his next albulm to see if he's serious.l

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You're...so...so late, I cant even put up the "welcome to last week" picture because this is like last month, except the shade 45 shit...but the name change is.

And he hasnt split up with RR...he's still on contract with them but hes doing his own thing with crafty plugs, if he wants to make an album wit RR he can.

Hes better then he was before...go to theemcee.com and listen to his tracks...shit is real hip hop, listen to top 5 dead or alive or watch the video.

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top 5 is ok.........
the emcee is a wack name tho...
he should've kept jin, he's already made a name for himself as jin

jin is alot better then the emcee

jin lost a battle??

i gotta hear that one??

where do you get the fight-club battles at where can i download them from??

Yea i do agree The Emcee is a corny name...but the persona is better then Jin...The Emcee cares about Hip Hop and dont care whether he blows or not...Jin tried to get on wit RR and shit and make a name for himself in mainstream but its just not for him hes better underground.

criminal you could get the fight club battles like anywhere, i have them though.

peace

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I wanna hear his battle lost....

Link me to his SITE

^^limewire is the best place to get it

WHERE??
i've been trying and i get no-where like cars with no gas

you got beef to say well heres a reminda
those timbs you waring prolly say made in china

JIN said this for a diss against this guy making fun of him cuz he is chinese

*that isnt the exact quote but close to it

Ya its like

You wanna say im chinise son and heres a reminda, check your tins they probablly say made in china

Oh you guys are talking about the new fight club...nah i dont have that one, I got last years that he won and got 50,000$ for.

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the guy prolly wrote the shit knowin he might face Jin..... u know its true...... while Jin prolyl didnt even know the other guy until that day they battled

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