Last week's mailbag had a response by Matthew Lien on the state of pop music in Taiwan. I couldn't agree with him more. I have been disgusted with most of it (until it got some soul from Nicky Lee, Jay and some hip hop energy from Machi and Jason).
I thank Lien for supporting singers and musicians who get overlooked, but I can't agree with his comment that "hip hop ...
originated largely in gang culture in the Bronx.
