(Tony) WBW: Korean-American Style

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 Today’s Way Back Wednesday will feature some of the most influential artists from back in the day who lived in America before making it big. Some were born in America, others only lived here for a few years, but they all helped make K-pop what it is today.

The Designated “English Rapper” – Tony An/Shin Hyesung, Andy Lee, Eric Mun/Brian Joo

Each of the members were part of the first generation of SM Entertainment idol singers and were all discovered as part of SM’s auditions in the U.S. Brian was the only member of this group to have lived primarily on the East Coast in New Jersey as the other four were all part of the huge Los Angeles Korean-American community. Lee Soo Man‘s vision of creating teen groups based on American music required that the groups have members who could speak English and so SM was the first to designate certain members as “English rappers”. However, there has always been a question as to the level of proficiency of these rappers and you just need to listen to Tony An’s English rap in the song “Warrior’s Descendant ” which is still the stuff of legends.

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