An Asian rapper who made a diss track blaming “incompetent city officials” for San Francisco's crime rate has issued an apology of sorts.
Chino Yang, 35, who grew up in the city, branded Mayor London Breed a “clown” and a “fake liberal” in his latest song “San Francisco Our Home.”
The rapper said he was motivated to produce the song because he was “tired of crimes,” including breaking into his restaurant seven times.
Yang is well known in the Chinese-speaking world thanks to his appearance in The Rap of China (中国新说唱) and other TV shows.
“Now London Breed you're nothing but a clown / When we really needed you, you've never been there,” Yang tapped the track.
Chinese-American rapper Chino Yang has criticized San Francisco Mayor London Breed in a new diss track calling her a “clown” and a “fake liberal” for failing to get a handle on the crime in the city
Under Mayor London Breed (photo), robberies have increased by more than 14 percent compared to the beginning of the year, with 2,645 reports
“You have turned this great city into a zombie land. They do all kinds of dirty things here, they wouldn't try that in a small town,” he added, in an apparent reference to the city's rampant drug use.
But on Tuesday evening he apologized profusely to “our beloved mayor” for “spreading misinformation” about her.
Yang and asked to keep his family out of the fury and took 'full responsibility' [for] my actions.
“I've been receiving a lot of threats lately, especially from someone extremely powerful, someone who has connections to presidents, senators… you know, the top elites,” he said.
“I'm just a citizen, so for the sake of my family, my loved ones and my close friends, I would like to openly and publicly apologize for my actions and what I say in the video.
“I had no idea that this extremely powerful person had such an emotional attachment to London Breed.
“That being said, I'm sorry for my ignorance, I'm sorry for my foolishness and impulsiveness. I should have been better informed about what she had done for our city.”
Yang issued a lengthy apology Tuesday night to “our beloved mayor” for “spreading misinformation” about her
Yang also made it clear that his song and video were not aimed at San Francisco's black community just because Breed was black.
'I still stand firm on my beliefs and opinions. The last thing I want to express is my love for the black and brown community. “I grew up with all my black and brown people…I have nothing but love for them, I never pretend,” he said.
Yang told his Chinese friends that he had always been positive about black people and that the song had nothing to do with “creating division” between the two communities.
He didn't back down completely, adding a poll asking whether politicians should be “held responsible for the city's decline and failure.”
Yang recently suffered a heart attack and said that as a result he was unable to cope with the escalating fallout from his video.
Yang previously sang a different tune and remained defiant despite backlash from the mayor's supporters and a planned rally by former Mayor Willie Brown and local NAACP president Rev. Amos Brown.
“I'm fed up with crime and incompetent city officials, so if they don't care about us, it's up to us to take a stand and exercise our constitutional rights,” he said in a video.
He displayed a handwritten sign on the door of his Kung Food restaurant telling would-be burglars that there was no cash to steal.
'We have no more money in the till. Those tablets aren't worth much! Who has money in Joe's economy, come on, partner!' it reads.
Yang previously sang a different tune and remained defiant despite the backlash from the mayor's supporters, with follow-up videos doubling down on his criticism
Yang displayed a handwritten sign on the door of his Kung Food restaurant telling would-be burglars that there was no cash to steal
Yang wrote alongside the video, “Make San Francisco Great Again! God bless the land of the free and the home of the brave! Don't be afraid because I am with you!
'There is no shame in being a Christian, in being a father figure, in supporting the domestic economy!
“It's a shame that the most patriotic Americans weren't even born here.”
Yang's diss track referenced some of San Francisco's most prominent crime issues and accused Breed and other local politicians of failing to improve them.
San Francisco's drug overdose deaths are at a record high, 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.
Police data shows that robberies have increased by more than 14 percent compared to the beginning of the year, with 2,645 reports.
Motor vehicle theft, which Chino Yang also addressed, also increased since January 1 with 4,464 car thefts, an increase of almost six percent.
Yang's diss track referenced some of San Francisco's most prominent crime issues and accused Breed and other local politicians of failing to improve them
Chino Yang also uses the song to speak out about Asian hatred by referencing several high-profile cases of violence against Asians, including the murders of two-year-old Jasper Wu and Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, and Yohannes “John” Tewolde.
Yang addressed rising car thefts by paying tribute to Scott McKenzie's famous 1960s folk song “San Francisco.”
But he changed the lyrics about wearing flowers in your hair to “If you go to San Francisco / Make sure you don't leave anything in your car.”
At the beginning of his music video, the rapper also revealed that his restaurant, Kung Food, had been burglarized seven times.
“I have no choice but to record this diss song,” he said.
The rest of his video was also layered with images of victims of violence against Asians in the Bay Area, with the rapper criticizing the soft justice he saw for several high-profile victims of Asian hate.
Those named include two-year-old Jasper Wu, who was shot on the highway, the death of Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, and Yohannes “John” Tewolde, who was killed at the Richmond Market.
San Francisco is in the grip of a homelessness crisis that officials tried to cover up during last month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade summit, but within days of the event's end, chaotic scenes were back on the streets
Other clips include a 91-year-old Asian man being pushed to the ground, 84-year-old Rongxin Liao being kicked with a flying kick while she was on her mobility aid and the bloodied face of Grandma Xie, who was caught on camera caught while trying to defend herself. her attacker.
His number was released a month after officials tried to clean up the city during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade summit.
Authorities tried everything from clearing encampments to deploying “night ambassadors” to keep vagrants out of the area.
The unprecedented measures were aimed at presenting a clean and shiny image at the summit, the city's largest gathering of world leaders since 1945, and preventing the kind of street specials that have damaged the city's reputation.
But within days of the event, the city lost its luster and the familiar scenes of homeless camps and drug use on the streets returned.
Some of these vistas can be seen in the Chino Yang video, along with videos and images of car jackings.
The rapper was born in China, but moved to San Francisco as 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 contacted the mayor's office for comment.