Sophia Chang is a Korean-Canadian music business matriarchitect who was the first Asian woman in hip-hop. She worked with Paul Simon and managed Ol’ Dirty Bastard, RZA, GZA, Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest, Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo. Find Chang on Facebook, Twitter, Instagra
Our December 2020 nonfiction is an excerpt from chapter 2 of Sophia Chang's memoir, The Baddest Bitch in the Room. In this excerpt, Chang travels to New York City, where she meets Joey Ramone, decides to move to the city, and gets her start in the music industry as an assistant to Paul Simon. Available for purchase here or wherever books are sold.
-Grace Jahng Lee, Creative Nonfiction Editor