In the latest episode of KBS Joy’s “20th Century Hit Song”, which aired on July 22nd, the family history of Korean-American female rapper Yoon Mirae was talked about.
Host Kim Heechul said, “Yoon Mirae was born to a Korean mother and an American father who served in the US Army in Korea. From an early age, she was teased for being mixed-race. There was a bad perception of mixed-race people at the time. So she was very hurt.”
Host Kim Min Ah said, “My favorite song ‘Black Happiness’ is a song about Yoon Mirae’s pain. Especially at the end of this song, Yoon Mirae’s father Thomas J Reid’s narration was inserted and it became a topic of discussion.”
Meanwhile, “20th Century Hit Song” is a new concept newtro music chart show that reinterprets KBS’s old K-pop contents, which contains Korean music history, to quench the thirst for newtro K-pop that the public wants.
Source: daum