Jin Au-Yeung was born and raised in Miami, Florida to immigrant parents from Hong Kong. He fell in love with Hip-hop culture as an adolescent and following a breakthrough performance on BET’s Freestyle Battle competition, he landed a high profile record deal at the age of 21. Since then, he has released several albums, as well as forayed into acting and other performance platforms, the latest being stand up comedy. After spending 4 years living in Hong Kong, he recently returned to the states to further explore and expand his repertoire as a performer the world has come to know as MC Jin.