A Chinese American rapper has taken aim at San Francisco Mayor London Breed in a new diss track slamming ‘incompetent city officials’ over sky-high crime rates.
Chino Yang, 35, who grew up in the city, brands the mayor a ‘clown’ and a ‘phony a** liberal’ in his latest track entitled ‘San Francisco Our Home’.
The rapper said he was motivated to produce the song because he is ‘fed up with the crimes’ currently rocking the Dem-led city.
Chino Yang is well known in the Chinese-speaking world thanks to his appearance on The Rap of China (中国新说唱), and other TV shows. His latest musical offering is an English language song exposing the weakness of ‘crooked politicians’.
‘Now London Breed you ain’t nothing but a clown / When we really needed you, you ain’t never been around’ Yang raps on the track.
Chinese American rapper Chino Yang has slammed San Francisco Mayor London Breed in a new diss track where he brands her a ‘clown’ and ‘phony a** liberal’ due to her failure to get a grip on soaring crime rates in the city
The 35-year-old is also the owner of Kung Food restaurant, which he said has been broken into seven times, highlighting the crime wave gripping the city
‘You done turn this great city into a zombie land/ They do all kind of dirts here they won’t try that in a small town,’ he adds, in an apparent reference to the rampant drug use across the city.
Drug overdose deaths in the city are at an all-time high in San Francisco, with 620 in the first nine months of the year, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner – up from 540 for the same period in 2020.
At the same time, the Golden Gate city, where Breed has demanded cuts of 18 per cent to next year’s police budget, is currently in the grip of a crime wave.
Police data shows that robbery is up more than 14 per cent compared to the start of the year, with 2,645 reports.
Meanwhile, motor vehicle theft, which Chino Yang also addresses, is also on the rise. There have been 4,464 car jackings since January 1, an almost six per cent increase.
Yang addresses the spiraling car thefts by paying homage to Scott McKenzie’s famous 1960s folk song ‘San Francisco,’ but changes the lyrics about wearing flowers in your hair to ‘If you are going to San Francisco / Make sure to leave nothing in your car.’
At the start of his music video the rapper also reveals that his restaurant, Kung Food, has been broken into seven times.
‘I ain’t got no choice but to record this diss track,’ he states.
The rest of his video is also layered with images of victims of violence against Asians in the Bay Area, with the rapper criticizing the soft-touch justice seen served several high profile victims of Asian hate.
Among those referenced are two-year-old Jasper Wu, who was shot and killed on the freeway, the death of Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, and Yohannes ‘John’ Tewolde who was murdered at the Richmond Market.
Under Mayor London Breed (pictured) robbery is up more than 14 per cent compared to the start of the year, with 2,645 reports
Chino Yang also uses the song to speak out about Asian hate by referencing several high profile instances of violence against Asians incluidng the murders of two-year-old Jasper Wu and Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, and Yohannes ‘John’ Tewolde
San Francisco is in the grip of a homelessness crisis which officials tried to paper over during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade summit last month however within days of the event ending the chaotic scenes were back on streets
Other clips include a 91-year-old Asian man being shoved to the ground, 84-year-old Rongxin Liao being fly kicked while sat on her mobility aid and the bloodied face of Grandma Xie, who was caught on camera attempting to fight off her attacker.
His song comes despite just a month after officials attempted to clean up the city during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade summit.
Authorities tried everything from clearing encampments to deploying ‘night ambassadors’ to keep vagrants out of the area.
The unprecedented measures were designed to present a clean and shiny image during the summit, the city’s biggest gathering of global leaders since 1945, and prevent the sorts of street spectacles that have battered the city’s reputation.
But within days of the event concluding, the Golden Gate city had lost its sheen and the familiar scenes of homeless encampments and drug use on the streets had returned.
Some of these vistas feature in the Chino Yang video, along with video and images of car jackings.
The rapper was born in China, but moved to San Francisco when he was a teenager. He has appeared on numerous Chinese talent shows and has more than 320,000 followers on Chinese social media app Weibo.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Mayor’s Office for comment.