China Mac

Raymond Yu (born February 5, 1982), known professionally as China Mac, is an American rapper, entertainer, activist, and former gang member.

Early years Yu was born and raised in Brooklyn to Chinese immigrants, from Hong Kong. He moved into a group home at the age of 8. Yu joined the Ghost Shadows gang when he was 12. Mac later went on the run for over a year and was apprehended in Seattle, Washington when he tried to leave the country with a fake passport.

In 2018, Mac was a prominent critic of Lil Pump's single "Butterfly Doors", which used the pejorative ching chong slur.

In 2019, he released the dual EP, Yin and Yang. That same year, Mac released a Chinese/Spanish record with Tali Goya. Mac and actor Will Lex Ham organized a march in that neighborhood on August 1, 2020 as a response to raise awareness about anti-Asian hate crimes. The duo later held rallies in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. The events had hundreds of attendees.

Personal life His father was a part of the Chinese-American gang, Flying Dragons, that was active in the 1980s.