James An is a rapper who writes in Korean and English about racism, societal norms and daily life — and one of the few artists working across music, academia and curation at once.

Top 30 on Show Me The Money 10
Runner-up with Block 3 on TVING’s Rap:Public
Sole opening act on BIBI’s first North American tour
Founder of the first hip hop education conference at Harvard University, presenting “The Power of
Counter-Storytelling Through Hip Hop” with Tiger JK
Rapped on the Seoul Fashion Week runway for multiple seasons

This event is part of Leeds Korean Day Festival, and is a Leeds City of Languages Festival event. Check the full programme at leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk