Sophia Chang

Sophia Chang is a Korean-Canadian 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. In 1995, Chang left music to train kung fu and manage a Shaolin Monk who became her partner and father of two children. She also produced runway shows, worked at a digital agency, and is developing TV and film properties. Fearless and unpredictable, Sophia Chang prevailed in a male-dominated music industry to manage the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B. The daughter of Korean immigrants in predominantly white suburban Vancouver, Chang left for New York City, and soon became a powerful voice in music boardrooms at such record companies as Atlantic, Jive, and Universal Music Group. As an A&R rep, Chang met a rapper named Prince Rakeem, now known as the RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, and that union would send her on a transformational odyssey, leading her to a Shaolin monk who would become her partner, an enduring kung fu practice, two children, and a reckoning with what type woman she ultimately wanted to be. Now in The Baddest Bitch In The Room, Chang is ready to tell her own story. In fact, Q-Tip said that “Soph was an integral part of the golden era of hip-hop. I’m so happy she’s telling her story because the world needs to know about her contributions to the culture.”