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Found this lovely stock photo on the goog. :)

Cornell University. Located in lovely Ithaca. Last night I was invited by the Intellectual Diversity Association aka IDA to be a guest speaker as well as performer at their event.

For the first half of the festivities I did a lecture. Well, they called it a lecture.. I just babbled for approximately 45 minutes about my personal background, experience in the music industry as an Asian American, etc. Of course, we did the traditional Q&A session towards the end. I love those.

Once the academic portion of the event was complete, the real fun began. They held an impromptu freestyle battle where a few of the students and local mcs jumped on stage. Hilarious stuff. I even got in on the action. All in good fun. After the battles, I performed until the lights came on and school staff hit us with the “You ain’t gots to go gome, but you gots to get up out of here.”

Two words: good times.

The best part was meeting all the cool peeps at CU. I hope everyone that came out enjoyed the evening as much as I did.

Pictures to come soon..

So here’s my rundown for the next few days..

Monday night I’ll be attending this:

Should be interesting.

Then Tuesday morning, back to Hong Kong I go.

37 Responses to “Cornell, ’til we meet again.”

  1. m said on April 10th, 2010 at 9:57 am:

    woowwwwwww…..U were at the CORNELL!!!!…U r certainly bigger than the MILKY WAY MAN to me…am so truly HAPPY FOR U! cuz obviously U must be sOOO sOOO sOOO IMPACCABLE in lots of ways, otherwise, they wouldn’t have invited u there! but more excited to hear that U’ll be back to HK REAL soon…. can’t wait for the fotos and more news from U JIN! :p

  2. JO said on April 10th, 2010 at 10:04 am:

    lecturer JIN, u’re awesome!!

  3. DJ B.o.B. said on April 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am:

    Jin, it was dope being able to dj your performance last night @ Cornell Univ. Ya did your thing and freestyle battle was dope as well. you’re a real cool down to earth dude !! Stay up !! B.o.B.

  4. jin said on April 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm:

    @ b.o.b. – once again, thank you for your assistance!!! good times indeed!!

  5. sin said on April 10th, 2010 at 12:50 pm:

    WeLl done jin. CU was my school GO BIG RED!! Now that you have sometime off come to the city and do a mini show! No?

  6. jin said on April 10th, 2010 at 2:45 pm:

    @ sin – Big Red in the house!! :)

  7. Johnny said on April 10th, 2010 at 5:14 pm:

    Whatup JIN! I was that groupie looking dude that stayed after to talk to you about J Cole/Dumbfoundead/Christian Fellowship haha. I just wanted to get into a little convo with you b/c I’ve been rocking with you since I was in junior high like I said and it’s crazy that after I came to Cornell and started learning more about Christianity, I found out that you were a Christian! Too bad I couldn’t really get to talk to you b/c I know you are a busy dude. I’m not trying to sound like Stan but it would be cool if you could hit me up with an email haha have a safe trip back to HK!

  8. ahhmui said on April 10th, 2010 at 5:52 pm:

    you’re in NYC! WOO! Enjoying the cold weather (wasn’t like this on Thursday)… woo the event is open to the public I think! hopefully can get off work and make it.

  9. Judy said on April 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm:

    it’s so cool tht u get to showoff ur rap skills & ur life experience as a rapper @ cornell & columbia..

    can’t wait 4 u to come baq hk soon.. ^o* add oil..

  10. jessie said on April 10th, 2010 at 9:01 pm:

    you should come to toronto to perform!! btw love the rap on JSG..especially the sammi reference…made my day.. congratz on hosting!

  11. Watermelon said on April 10th, 2010 at 9:58 pm:

    JIN, did u take the video of ur lecture??? If yes, plx share with us here!!=] I guess all of us are very interested in it. BTW,hope to see u in HK=]

  12. stephanie said on April 10th, 2010 at 10:00 pm:

    :O you were at cornell?! AND you got to work with b.o.b?! sick. come to brown university!!

  13. Watermelon said on April 10th, 2010 at 10:07 pm:

    Jin,
    Will u have any talk or lecture in HK School?? IF no, I think u can try one as students in HK may be interested in ur background.=]
    Support u forever.
    Ken.

  14. Watermelon said on April 10th, 2010 at 10:42 pm:

    JIn, here is the tvb version of JSG .I hope u enjoy it=]
    http://mytv.tvb.com/music/jsg/106336/192#page-1

  15. suzatta said on April 11th, 2010 at 1:28 am:

    keep going, jin!!
    :D

  16. Heyli said on April 11th, 2010 at 6:58 am:

    Great time at Cornell ah, but your fans in HK cant wait to see you again next Tue. We miss you! JIN COME BACK COME BACK =)

  17. Miphy said on April 11th, 2010 at 7:39 am:

    I’m proud of u, Jin.

  18. youngnunafraid said on April 11th, 2010 at 11:49 am:

    Proud of Asians!

  19. sin said on April 11th, 2010 at 7:33 pm:

    @jin yes sir..good luck tommorow i know it won’t be as fun as cornell…lol…..but i still hope to make it

  20. OL Dee said on April 11th, 2010 at 11:53 pm:

    will there be any video of your battles?? haven’t seen u battles for a while, missed it so much!!!

    glad that u had fun~ crazy schedule huh?! hope u get some rest, see u back in HK!! ^^

  21. Vincent Wu said on April 12th, 2010 at 2:13 pm:

    DAMMIT…my friend saw you in grand with your family and i missed it again >_<
    i wish i can meet you one day yo…would be a great honor man

  22. Karen said on April 13th, 2010 at 7:57 am:

    hi jin i saw you @ JFK lasttuesday! but was too scared to say hi when you were waiting for your luggage at the luggage belt!

  23. sandy said on April 13th, 2010 at 10:58 am:

    Welcome back to Hong Kong.

  24. mllef said on April 15th, 2010 at 10:15 am:

    jin! i came across this the other day, http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20100414/00481_001.html
    you prolly don’t know what it’s about but it’s basically about how you’re having a lot of luck right now and that your career’s real bright ;)
    aiites take care and keep up with the good work, loving big boys club!

  25. Jessica said on April 15th, 2010 at 4:50 pm:

    thanks again for coming jin. it was great meeting you and seeing you perform. our newspaper wrote an article about you http://cornelldailysun.com/section/news/content/2010/04/12/freestyle-legend-reflects-roots

  26. Beryl said on April 17th, 2010 at 9:13 am:

    Hi Jin~
    1st time being a MC of JSG, I was lucky to see it!
    I am one of the girls asked u to take a photo outside TVB~ and u also laughed me and my fd hidden behind the light boards~ :) but i didnt talk to you u…. but i really wanna you …You knew how to make fun with audiences which I am impressed ^^ Keep it up! I knew u were nervous~ but your first try has already finished, i.e. you gonna have more experience to face the camera ^^ and will be greatly improved in the near future!!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!! hope you see my message ^^

  27. Amy said on April 18th, 2010 at 5:27 pm:

    jin! i came across this the other day, http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20100414/00481_001.html
    you prolly don’t know what it’s about but it’s basically about how you’re having a lot of luck right now and that your career’s real bright ;)
    aiites take care and keep up with the good work, loving big boys club!

  28. silvia said on April 19th, 2010 at 12:25 am:

    hey jin! is there a chance you will come to LA to perform ?

  29. Patrick said on April 24th, 2010 at 7:11 pm:

    jin! i came across this the other day, http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20100414/00481_001.html
    you prolly don’t know what it’s about but it’s basically about how you’re having a lot of luck right now and that your career’s real bright ;)
    aiites take care and keep up with the good work, loving big boys club!

  30. Dave said on April 25th, 2010 at 6:16 am:

    hi jin i saw you @ JFK lasttuesday! but was too scared to say hi when you were waiting for your luggage at the luggage belt!

  31. Ian said on April 26th, 2010 at 5:25 am:

    jin! i came across this the other day, http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20100414/00481_001.html
    you prolly don’t know what it’s about but it’s basically about how you’re having a lot of luck right now and that your career’s real bright ;)
    aiites take care and keep up with the good work, loving big boys club!

  32. Jeff said on April 26th, 2010 at 8:53 pm:

    Welcome back to Hong Kong.

  33. William said on April 26th, 2010 at 10:08 pm:

    Welcome back to Hong Kong.

  34. Daniel said on April 27th, 2010 at 5:04 am:

    jin! i came across this the other day, http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20100414/00481_001.html
    you prolly don’t know what it’s about but it’s basically about how you’re having a lot of luck right now and that your career’s real bright ;)
    aiites take care and keep up with the good work, loving big boys club!

  35. Don said on April 27th, 2010 at 4:04 pm:

    Welcome back to Hong Kong.

  36. Jonathan said on April 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm:

    thanks again for coming jin. it was great meeting you and seeing you perform. our newspaper wrote an article about you http://cornelldailysun.com/section/news/content/2010/04/12/freestyle-legend-reflects-roots

  37. hpc said on June 8th, 2010 at 4:34 am:

    我試下打滴中文字

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