YOUNG KIN - MANDARIN RAPPER

"Now my mission is to do some good in this godless country. There is no religion in the general education system here, which creates the lack of a fundamental basis of morals. Hopefully I can achieve that through my music, the money I make with it and talking to students in universities or even high schools.
Kids don't seem to listen to teachers and parents, maybe they will listened to a tattooed rapper like me.

"When I graduated from high school and dropped out of university later, all I could think about was rapping. So I started doing free shows to get the exposure and improve my performance, after doing that for a while I went on tour with jay chow and started making money as an MC. Dropping rhymes over hip hop, drum n bass and break beat, I refuse to be restricted to one genre of music. Now I live off of this. It's a struggle but I manage. Classical musicians, who are much more qualified than I am earn less, so I shouldn't complain."

Do you feel the hiphop scene in China is free to speak out whatever they think?

"Hell no! Next to the government, which is very strict about what can and cannot be released and distributed in record shops and who is allowed to perform at big venues, such as stadiums and parks, there is the limited knowledge of hip hop culture of Chinese people. It's really hard to be felt or even understood by everyone. I'd say the only track of mine that is felt nationwide is "Made in China". They like positive feel good tracks but sometimes it's hard to keep a positive perspective in a city like Beijing.

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