If he had fallen into obscurity in America, what Jin experienced in Hong Kong was nothing short of full-blown fame. I was there for about three and a half years.' 'It ended up being half a year, then one year, two years, three years. 'I thought I would be there for three to four months at most, try to make a little money and come back,' Jin said of his visit in 2008 to Hong Kong.

and managed in that time to develop a personally 'groundbreaking' relationship with God, get married and become a father. While thinking he would only be in the big city for a few months before heading back home, Jin only just returned to New York City last year. In 2008, Jin got an invitation to visit Hong Kong to release his Cantonese record locally. It was a call from Hong Kong, from where his parents emigrated, that would help him to finally acknowledge that there was Someone greater than self and something more important than fame. Then he got a phone call that set him on a path he had never anticipated in all his years of dreaming as a high school kid, appearing numerous times on BET, or putting in work as a Ruff Ryder in the studio.

Those were вЂ“ I refer to them as the dark ages.'ДЇrom about 2005-2007 the Chinese-American MC was at perhaps the lowest point in his life career-wise as well as physically, mentally and spiritually.ДЄlthough he was still making music 'by the grace of God,' he says, 'I was just kind of floating around, just trying to make it through every single day, miserable for the most part.' in the sense of what I thought I wanted prior to that, so I parted ways with the record label. 'I didn't want to be in the recording industry anymore. It was at that point Jin decided he was done. 'Then simultaneously as quick as that happened is as quick as I kind of vanished into obscurity,' he added. There was this crazy excitement and I'm on every media platform that you can think of' вЂ“ he even scored a role in 2003's '2 Fast 2 Furious' alongside stars like Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes.Д«ut his sudden rise to fame didn't last very long.

I got catapulted into the public eye, the rap community. 'The best way I can think of describing it is, as quick as I went up is as quick as I went down. The New York City rapper, who had moved from Miami to pursue his dreams, wanted to take care of his family as well.Д«ut in his mid-20s, a few years after signing with Ruff Ryders and seeing his budding career fizzle, Jin learned the clichГ© very well: all that glitters isn't gold. 'At the age of like 16, 17 during my high school years, I had the most conscious and dedicated and committed mindset in terms of these are the things that I'm pursuing: a rap career, stardom, fame, money, finances, girls, houses, cars.' 'I just signed a record deal, pretty much had all the things I had dreamed and desired for ever since the age of 16,' Jin told The Christian Post in a recent interview. Jin had finally arrived - or so he thought. NEW YORK вЂ“ Ten years ago at age 20, Jin Au-Yeung, otherwise known as MC Jin or just Jin, became the first Chinese solo rapper to sign with a major record label, a deal birthed from his equally historic freestyle rap battles on BET's '106 & Park.' Suddenly, he was everywhere - in magazines and movies, on other artists' albums. | (Photo: The Christian Post via Catch Adventures) Facebook Twitter Email Print Img No-img Menu Whatsapp Google Reddit Digg Stumbleupon Linkedin Comment 0 MC Jin.

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