List of Blasians

A list of Notable Blasians.

A

*Tatyana Ali - actress[1] "Her mother is from Panama (African, Indigenous American) and her father is of Trinidad East Indian descent."
*Amerie - singer, ½ korean, ½ African-American
*Ashanti - singer, 1/4 Chinese-American, 3/4 African-American

B

*Tai Babilonia, Olympic skater, African-American and Filipino.
*Joe Bataan, Latin Soul legend, Filipino and Black descent.
*Tyson Beckford - supermodel[2]"One of America's Hottest Multiracial Models and Actors... This article shines a spotlight on the 6'2" supermodel Tyson Beckford--one of the world's most famous male models and an individual whose unique African-Asian appearance has taken the modeling world by storm."
*Blakdyak, Filipino and Black
*Foxy Brown, Foxy says in an interview with MTV, "I'm not Filipino and black ... My family is Trinidadian and Asian." Foxy's first album Ill Na Na went platinum, selling a total of 1.5 million units. Her second album Chyna Doll was the fastest album to go platinum for a female rap artist. She is the first female rap artist to have a #1 album and is Calvin Klein's first female African-American model.
*Ella Bully-Cummings, Detroit's first female police chief. Her father was an African American serviceman raised in Detroit when he met her mother in Japan.
*Erin Jennae Burisse, black and filipino

C

*Dena Cali, according to her website she is Black, Swedish, and Chinese. This rapper from the West Coast recently completed her self titled debut album. She has also modeled and appeared in the movie Foolish with Master P and Eddie Griffin.
*Naomi Campbell - model[3] "Her mother is Black (Jamaican), her father is Multiracial, at least partly Chinese (according to Arena Magazine her mother said "he was of mixed race and had a touch of Chinese in him")"
*Cassie
*Sedrick Chin, soccer player. Chinese father, Jamaican mother
*Marcus Chong - actor[4] "biracial actor Marcus Chong..."
*Jamila Chilombo a.k.a. Mila J
*Rae Dawn Chong - actress[5] "According to Chong, her Irish grandmother, "a really wonderful Chinese chef," taught her to cook Chinese food. And, thanks to her dad, she was endowed with a multicultural attitude. "My Chinese-Irish father hung out only with Black people when he grew up," she says. "He was Afrocentric...all of his friends were Black musicians." About being multiracial she says, "We're sort of in the otherness of life. It's a fascinating challenge...It's wonderful the way that (mixed) people click and break off into subgroups from the super Afrocentric to the Anglo. The confusion when you're multiethnic or multiracial is that you have a tendency not to have a place to call your own. When I see other mixed kids, I say we're in the same tribe." Chong has felt the sting of racism often. "As a Black woman, you have to be careful if you're driving late night," she says referring to the practice by some police of routinely stopping cars with Black drivers. "In my opinion...it has to do a lot with training." "As far as the Chinese scientist (Wen Ho Lee)," she continues, "if the ethnic press is saying 'you guys are racist', then listen to them. I go to Washington State and Vancouver, Canada and at Customs I have been pulled over more times. If I was a white woman I know for a fact I wouldn't get hassled with.""
*Bryan Clay African American and Japanese

Singer Crystal Kay has an African American father, and a Korean mother.

D

*Will Demps, of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, African-American father, Korean mother
*Sugar Pie DeSanto, R&B and Jazz singer whose father is Filipino and mother is African-American.

F

*Brooke Fraser, singer/songwriter, Samoan/Fijian/Scottish/Spanish descent
*Halford Fairchild, notable psychologist, father is African-American. Mother is Japanese and Hawiian

H

*Kamala Harris,First district attorney of asian descent. Jamaican father, Indian mother.
*Laura Honore-Ko, professor of astrophysics (Harvard University). Her mother is Chinese from Hong Kong and her father is a French Black Caribbean.
*Velina Hasu Houston Notable playwriter, Father is African and Native American. Mother is Japanese
*Lashontae Heckard, model. African-American father, Korean mother.
*Melissa Howard, her mother is Filipino and her father is Black (From MTV.com). Member of The Real World New Orleans cast.
*Sheila Hudson, her father is Black and her mother is Korean. The American record-holder in the triple jump. For years she dominated the triple jump in the U.S. and was the only American to reach the final in the first Olympic triple jump competition for women in 1996.

J

*Jhene, R&B singer, Japanese, Native American and African American.
*Dwayne Johnson, a.k.aThe Rock, Samoan and black
*Tomiko Jones

K

*Crystal Kay, singer, 1/2 African American and 1/2 Korean
*Kelis, singer, father black, mother Chinese-Puerto Rican
*Christel Khalil, actress, her mother is 1/2 Black, 1/2 White and her father is Pakistani.
*Sonja Kim, singer. 1/2 black and 1/2 korean
*Sachio Kinugasa, baseball player. 1/2 African-American and 1/2 Japanese

L

*Wifredo Lam, artist, Chinese, African, Spanish
*Denyce Lawton, model, 1/2 black and 1/2 korean
*Sharon Leal, black and filipino
*Michael Lee-Chin, Jamaican businessman, 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Black
*Laquita Lin, adult actress, blackanese (half-black, half-Japanese)
*Allen Pineda Lindo, member of the hip-hop group, The Black Eyed Peas, half Filipino and half African
*Olivia Longott, singer, Jamaican mother and Cuban, Indian & Dominican father
*Nicole Lyn, actress, mother is Afro-Jamaican and her father Chinese-Jamaican

M

*Luke Mejares, black and filipino
*Charles Mingus, musician, 1/2 African-American, 1/4 Chinese, 1/8 Swedish and German
*Naima Mora, top model, African-American(African, Indigenous American), Mexican, Indian and Irish
*Maria More, http://www.mariamore.com
*Debelah Morgan, her mother is Indian, her father is Black. Her debut album, "Debelah", was released in 1994. Four years later she released "It's Not Over". This time, released under the Motown label, the album was available in Europe and Asia. Debelah's comeback album, "Dance With Me", has been receiving raving reviews from major music magazines, including Billboard, Vibe and the online Wall Of Sound. has been increasingly popular across the US, and is reaching fans all over the world.
*Chad, American football players, Black father and Japanese mother
*Johnnie Morton, his mother is Japanese, his father is Black. Brother of Chad Morton. Selected by Detroit Lions in first round (21st pick overall) of 1994 NFL draft. Veteran receiver who is one of Lions' most consistent offensive performers and one of the league's most efficient pass-catchers. Is now second on Lions' all-time receiving yards list with 5,345 yards, and currently stands in fourth place (392) on the Lions' all-time receptions list.

N

*Ne-Yo, American R&B singer/songwriter of Afro-American (African, Indigenous American), Puerto-Rican (African, Indigenous American/Taino, Spanish Caucasian) and Chinese decent

O

*Sophie Ono

P

*Sean Paul, from ArtistDirect.com: Born Sean Paul Henriques on January 8, 1973, the multi-ethnic Paul (his parents had Portuguese, Chinese, and Jamaican blood) grew up in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Dancehall DJ Sean Paul began scoring hit singles in Jamaica starting in 1996, and has since attracted American attention with his appearance on the soundtrack of Hype Williams' Belly (with Mr. Vegas and DMX) and his 1999 hit "Hot Gal Today." Paul released his first album on VP Records; the sprawling Stage One.
*Allan Pineda, Filipino and black

R

*Elizabeth Ramsey, black and filipino
*Jaya Ramsey, black and filipino
*Tasha Reid, Korean rapper.
*George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago, Chinese, European, African, Carib (Amerindian)
*Dave Roberts, outfielder for the San Diego Padres, African-American father and Japanese mother
*Jade Rodan, previous model and contestant on America's Next Top Model cycle 6, White mother and Afro-Asian-Indian father

S

*Robert C. Scott, 3/4 African American, 1/4 Filipino
*Kimora Lee Simmons, Baby Phat CEO, Black father (African, Indigenous American) , Japanese mother
*Tomika Skanes, model, African-American father (African, Indigenous American), Korean mother
*Sonja Sohn, actress, Korean-American and African American

T

*Michael Takahashi, baseball player.
*Karin Taylor, model, Jamaican, Chinese, Brazilian

W

*Hines Ward, NFL player; black father and Korean mother
*Peter Westbrook, his father is Black, his mother is Japanese. A six-time Olympian and 13-time U.S. national champion, Peter Westbrook is one of America's most decorated athletes. As a fencer, he toils in relative obscurity, yet his accomplishments in and out of the arena are legion. As a Black man in a white sport, he's become an Arthur Ashe with sword instead of racket, a pioneer with deep community roots. Started the Peter Westbrook Foundation to teach inner-city kids about fencing.
*Yayoi Lena Winfrey, filmmaker. African American father, Japanese mother.
*Chris Wong, 2 Live Crew. Chinese father, black mother
*Tiger Woods, professional golfer, ¼ African-American, ¼ Chinese, ¼ Thai, ⅛ Cherokee, ⅛ Dutch

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