cosmicyoruba:hye-kyung:Return of the Tiger and the QueenMost people heard of the U.S. hip-hop royal
cosmicyoruba:hye-kyung:Return of the Tiger and the QueenMost people heard of the U.S. hip-hop royal couple, JayZ and Beyonce. But have you heard of the Korean/Korean-American hip-hop powerhouse couple, TK Tiger and Yoon Mirae (aka Tasha Reid)? “In 2007, Tiger JK, founder of pioneering Korean hip-hop group Drunken Tiger, married Yoon Mirae (born Tasha Reid), a biracial former teenage member of late-1990s R&B group Uptown and now considered South Korea’s “Queen of Soul.” While comparisons could be drawn to Jay-Z and Beyonce, this couple, individually, has done far more to advance their respective genres in Korea than Jigga or Beyonce ever did in the States. Each gained international acclaim in Korea, breaking boundaries by tackling sensitive issues, such as the sex trade in Korea in the video for Drunken Tiger’s “I Want You” and racism in Korea in Yoon Mirae’s “Black Happiness.” -KoreAm.Read the rest of the article here. Those are excellent photos of them -- source link