Born in Cần Thơ and Raised in the US, Rapper Mixed Miyagi Stays True to His Many Roots
- Thursday, 28 July 2022.
- Written by Paul Christiansen. Graphic by Phan Nhi.
- https://saigoneer.com/
“Miền Tây sông nước tao ngắm cánh đồng xanh / Buổi sáng là thức dậy để đi cày mà làm ăn / Trên đời này thành công là siêng năng / Không có giống mấy thằng chó, có chút tiền rồi kiêu căng.”
If you listened to these bars without accompanying visuals, you would likely picture a local rapper rhyming while driving around his hometown rice fields, perhaps interspersed with footage performing in a rowdy Saigon nightclub. Reality is unexpected though.
Wearing an Angkor Wat tourist shirt and rapping inside a shopping cart being pushed down the aisles of an American grocery store as his braids swing, Mixed Miyagi‘s appearance juxtaposed with his flawless Vietnamese helped the video for ‘Việt Nam Xin Chào’ go viral last year. People were astonished by the sight of someone of African descent rapping so smoothly in Vietnamese.
Read the full article of Saigoneer (28/07/2022)
URL : https://saigoneer.com/quang-8-octave/25677-born-in-c%E1%BA%A7n-th%C6%A1-and-raised-in-the-us,-rapper-mixed-miyagi-stays-true-to-his-many-roots
Mixed Miyagi | Việt Nam Xin Chào – Youtube (nov.2020)
URL : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6lCcppzpg
About Mixed Miyagi:
Originally from Can Tho, Vietnam, “Miyagi” was raised in Tampa, FL, where he was captivated by the Hip-Hop culture. As a biracial immigrant, his music expresses passion for social justice, cultural awareness, lyricism and clever wordplay.
Sinh ra ở Cần Thơ, “Miyagi” đã lớn lên ở Tampa, FL, nơi mà anh ấy tìm được sự đam mê ở trong Hip-Hop. Một người nhập cư và con lai, âm nhạc của anh ấy tập trung vào sự công bằng xã hội, nhận thức văn hóa, thơ nhạc trữ tình và phong cách chơi chữ thông minh.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/@MixedMiyagi
About Saigoneer (Wikipedia):
Saigoneer is a digital news site based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1][2] Founded in 2012 by Brian Letwin and Alberto Prieto,[3] Saigoneer hosts daily news reporting, original, and branded content in English, Vietnamese, and Korean.[4][5][6][7] In January 2018, Saigoneer launched the Saigoneer Podcast, one of the first English podcasts produced in Vietnam.[6].
https://saigoneer.com/