Andreas Yi-Jun Hwang (中国本土饶舌歌手奕峻), more commonly known as rapper and entrepreneur, Young Kin, was born in Switzerland in 1984 to a Chinese father and Swiss mother, and shortly thereafter, at the age of four months, was transplanted halfway around the world to Beijing, China. The diverse and complex personal background Young Kin attained through growing up in an international community that incorporated the best of both Western customs and Eastern traditions, coupled with his never-give-up mentality and a profound love of urban music eventually led Young Kin on to the stage.

(Photo by Ping Lin)

By the age of 21, Young Kin’s reputation for consistently producing heavy-hitting street smart tracks in the studio coupled with his impassioned Chinese flow live on stage at shows and battles had gained him a celebrity status within the Chinese hip-hop scene. Joining forces with Yin Ts’ang, Young Kin continued his trek towards the top; securing a first place trophy at the Iron Mic Chinese MC Battle, acting as Marketing Director at the biggest hip-hop website in china, www.hiphop.cn and collaborating with artists such as Royce 5’9”, Saigon, Skyzoo and Havoc from Mobb Deep. Young Kin combines the determination of an athlete, the spirit of hustler, the swagger of a gentleman and the wits of a college boy, creating a dangerous amalgamation that his foes must learn to fear and respect.

(Photo by Frank Wu)

2005-04 Meters Bowne: Jay Chow Concert Series Opening Act
2005-06 Produced and Recorded jingle for Li Ning Athletic Apparel China
2005-07 Wilbur Pan Concert Tour Opening Act
2006-02 Wybrowa Vodka: National Concert Series Tour
2006-05 Featured on Taiwanese recording artist Pan Meichen’s album “Coldest Day”
2006-07 Opened for Onyx at Summer Jam, Beijing
2007-01 Feature article in Rolling Stone Magazine
2007-01 Performed alongside DJ Prosper (Labrok) at Cargo, Beijing
2007-09 Shanghai Iron Mic MC Battle Preliminaries Champion
2007-09 Jam Session with Brian Hardgroove @ Gibson Showroom, Beijing
2007-09 Beijing Vics Club Party Special Guest
2007-10 Headliner at the Beijing Modern Sky Music Festival
2008-02 Wybrowa Vodka: National Concert Series Tour
2008-05 Opened for Saigon @ Vics, Beijing
2008-06 Opened for Jungle Brothers @ Cargo, Beijing
2008-09 Headlined “Local Legends” concert series with MC Webber and IN3
2008-09 Chivas Concert Series @ Sugar Club & Club PP, Hong Kong
2008-12 Opened for Royce5’9” @ Vics, Beijing
2009-07 Featured on song “Real” with Havoc of Mobb Deep

AsianInNY is very honored to have Young Kin performed twice at our events including Christmas Extravaganza at Club Amnesia on Dec 23rd 2010 and Lunar New Year Celebration in Chinatown on Feb 5th 2011.  Both events combined have attracted more than 1K attendees and YK’s music and performance has been covered and reported by many media including World Journal, SinoVision, Singtao, Sina, ChinaPress, NYTV8 and etc.  YK also just got invited and performed at the 12th Chinatown Parade & Festival in NY on Feb 6th 2011!

For more information about Young Kin, please follow his facebook: http://facebook.com/ykworldwide

To view his new video Young Kin just launched during Lunar New Year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjwaX5HU_8

For more videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsMNtJnbDI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hzTDNAFk0

(Photo by Kevin Koo)

(Photo by Ping Lin)