Mr Richard Xia was not the most studious of students at Hwa Chong Institution.
Instead, he was wrapped up in the world of rap, in particular the music of Kanye West and Eminem. He loved their music and he loved their style. “I was asking myself, ‘What’s that T-shirt they’re wearing? Looks so cool, man,’” he remembers.
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