Jackson Wan Kwong ( zh, t=尹光), born Lữ Minh Quang ( zh, t=呂明光), is a singer from

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, nicknamed "the

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Prince." Wan was born in Cholon,

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in 1949 to a Cantonese Vietnamese family and was trained as a

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singer. Wan left

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for

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with his family as the

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heated up. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he switched to

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, whose lyrics, often in vulgar language, reflected the lives of the Hong Kong

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. Around the 1990s, he collaborated with other senior singers in Hong Kong, singing in pubs and on TV shows. He released an album called ''Ignoring Father'' (少理阿爸) in 2002 and still holds concerts occasionally.

Discography

* ''Hollywood Grand Hotel'' () * ''Counting Hair'' () * ''The Fortune Teller Tai Tset Sai'' (相士大隻西) * ''Ignoring Father'' () * ''Chasing the Dragon'' ()

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References

Cantopop artists Hoa people Vietnamese emigrants to Hong Kong Hong Kong people of Hoa descent Hong Kong male singers Living people 1949 births People from Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese-born Hong Kong artists {{HongKong-singer-stub