Awkwafina

Awkwafina was an American actor and musician. She began by releasing humorous, cleverly written music that tackled questions of racial identity and sexual orientation. Later, she broadened her audience to Hollywood. Nora Lum was born to Chinese-Korean immigrants in Forest Hills Queens. Her first exposure to music was through the instrument of trumpet. Her classical, jazz and hip-hop training began as she was a teenager. At college, she was studying writing and women's studies. Then, she even had some time learning Mandarin in Beijing. After graduating, she began to pursue music as her main focus. In 2012 her track My Vag a response to Mickey Avalon's My Dick found viral success on the Internet eventually landing on her debut LP Yellow Ranger in 2014. Some other hits that went viral included queef, a body positive song and the winking NYC Bitchethe hometown tour for $. The third track was linked to Awkwafina's NYC Travel Guide, published in 2015, which was a different project. Her resume contained both an author and musician. The singer was seeking to further her career in acting. She's appeared in movies such as Neighbors 2, Storks as well as Bad Rap. In 2018, she landed several notable roles that were a breakthrough, like Dude Ocean's Eight or Crazy Rich Asians. In June she dropped her new EP "In Fina We Trust".