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From Tiger Moms to Harry Shum, and everything in-between, it was a big year for Asians. Join me as I look over the biggest stories in 2011 - in a rap.
Inspired by Skillz' Year-End Rap-Up series.
Live video here -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D41AyOHkJcI
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Hey everyone
I'm Jason Chu
We're in Beijing right now
And wherever you are, merry Christmas, happy holidays.
THIS, is my 2011 year in review. In rap.
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It's winter time and the season is Christmas
I had no clue what I'd see on your wish lists
I couldn't afford to wrap gifts for you
So instead, I wrote a rap gift for you
This year, we saw Tiger Moms get in the news
Good luck to their children - I've was once in your shoes
Yao Ming said bye to his Houston fans
Accidental Chinese Hipsters made us pee in our pants
In entertainment, asians are in the mix
Since Far East flew in, on their G6
Ken Jeong is in Hollywood actin a fool
Harry Shum is on Glee, makin girls drool
Girls Generation? They had a US tour
Nine members - which is which? I'm not too sure
Nicki Minaj has a bit of a Japanese fetish
But would Young Money sign an Asian rapper? (Never.)
Fast Five wasn't fly cuz The Rock acted
Sung Kang played an asian, without a funny accent
Anything Justin Lin man I would have watched it
From time-traveling robots to community college
Wong Fu made a movie about break-up survivors
YTF Global got like a billion subscribers
Harold and Kumar back, and don't you be racist
I watched it in the theaters... and THEN bootlegged it
I feel my friends all bought an iPad 2
Man, I'm startin to think that I want an iPad, too.
Android grew fast, but iPhones are still cool
if you don't want to give your bank account to Carrier IQ
Angry Birds blew up, and we all played
Then Japan had a disaster, and we all prayed
Fusion food trucks were what we all craved
Korean beef in a taco, we all ate
Ed Lee made history and also the news
An Asian mayor in the Bay - about time, too.
Gary Locke and I went to the same school!
He's an ambassador. I'm doing raps on youtube.
There's a new hoop star, ChiNEse-American
Forget Mike - we all wanna be like Jeremy Lin
More artists are on Twitter, talking to fans
I got 300 followers! Half of them, spam
2011, was quite a show
We occupied Wall Street - then we had to go
Dictators fell, it hasn't been the same since
Goodbye to Qaddafi - and his fashion sense
I hope Steve Jobs found peace and rest
Steve, I saw the news on my iPhone, 4S
The world keeps growing: thanks to the lovers,
there's now officially 7 billion of us!
I'm praying that your holidays have joy and peace,
That you're surrounded by your loved ones and family
I hope your two thousand and eleven went well...
And if the world doesn't end, see you in 2012!
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released 19 December 2011
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