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Emma Fecko

“I Don’t Perform Black, I Perform Filipina”

May 10, 2021 by Emma Fecko

Part 1: Setting the Stage Han Han stands backstage at the Lula Lounge, puffing up the butterfly sleeves on her inabel dress one last time before her performance begins. It’s January 30, 2020, and the 35-year-old Filipina Canadian rapper is debuting her sophomore album “Urduja” at one of Toronto’s premier clubs.  As she walks onto […]

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