Jin was born on June 4, 1982 in Miami, Florida. The son of Chinese immigrants, Jin watched his parents work extremely hard every day as they ran their own restaurant. In junior high, Jin became fascinated with hip-hop music and dreamed of becoming a professional rapper. He was inspired by artists such as Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, and other New York rappers from the early 1990's, an era now referred to as The Golden Age. At first, he was terrible at rapping, but with much practice he realized he had a talent for freestyle rap.

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