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The region is now an essential stop for Korean pop acts touring the U.S., and fans of the booming genre even have a specialty store in S.F. just for them.
His time as a student at Stanford helped shape the rapper for the enduring Korean hip-hop group. Then a bizarre online smear campaign challenged his identity.