Roy Choi

Show up. And then I knock on the door and then obviously it didn't go well. So then I ended up in New York at the YMCA. It was $7 a night in Times Square. And that whole street that I stayed on was like Crack Avenue, man. It was zombies. Like, it was crazy.

Show up. And then I knock on the door and then obviously it didn't go well. So then I ended up in New York at the YMCA. It was $7 a night in Times Square. And that whole street that I stayed on was like Crack Avenue, man. It was zombies. Like, it was crazy.

Yeah. So they both came here for college, graduate school. So my mom was from a well-to-do family. My grandfather was a gangster. He was Tony Montana. Oh, really? My maternal grandfather. Can you just tell me the timeline? The Korean War is 50s? 50 to 53. Right. Up until 50, they're living in North Korea. Right. And the war happens. They all flee. But my grandpa's a geek. He figures things out.

Yeah. So they both came here for college, graduate school. So my mom was from a well-to-do family. My grandfather was a gangster. He was Tony Montana. Oh, really? My maternal grandfather. Can you just tell me the timeline? The Korean War is 50s? 50 to 53. Right. Up until 50, they're living in North Korea. Right. And the war happens. They all flee. But my grandpa's a geek. He figures things out.

Yeah. So they both came here for college, graduate school. So my mom was from a well-to-do family. My grandfather was a gangster. He was Tony Montana. Oh, really? My maternal grandfather. Can you just tell me the timeline? The Korean War is 50s? 50 to 53. Right. Up until 50, they're living in North Korea. Right. And the war happens. They all flee. But my grandpa's a geek. He figures things out.

He gets to Seoul. I mean, Seoul at that time was basically dirt roads and buildings all blown up. It was just crazy. Yeah.

He gets to Seoul. I mean, Seoul at that time was basically dirt roads and buildings all blown up. It was just crazy. Yeah.

He gets to Seoul. I mean, Seoul at that time was basically dirt roads and buildings all blown up. It was just crazy. Yeah.

that time the war was coming off of the japanese occupation because it's the peninsula in the pacific ocean we were at the brunt of the whole cold war between you know communism and the u.s right and korea was the pawn in between it all because that was the foothold into asia yeah and so most north koreans came down across the border it closed he's in seoul and it's like tony montana in the detention center washing dishes you know in miami tony montana's a scarface reference just so you know my

that time the war was coming off of the japanese occupation because it's the peninsula in the pacific ocean we were at the brunt of the whole cold war between you know communism and the u.s right and korea was the pawn in between it all because that was the foothold into asia yeah and so most north koreans came down across the border it closed he's in seoul and it's like tony montana in the detention center washing dishes you know in miami tony montana's a scarface reference just so you know my

that time the war was coming off of the japanese occupation because it's the peninsula in the pacific ocean we were at the brunt of the whole cold war between you know communism and the u.s right and korea was the pawn in between it all because that was the foothold into asia yeah and so most north koreans came down across the border it closed he's in seoul and it's like tony montana in the detention center washing dishes you know in miami tony montana's a scarface reference just so you know my

Yeah. And so he figured things out. He was hustling the whole time and he eventually took over kind of like what you would call Midtown Manhattan. Like he took over and owned pretty much all the real estate. So my mom's family was very well to do. But that's a whole nother story because they lost everything. They had nine sisters, two brothers.

Yeah. And so he figured things out. He was hustling the whole time and he eventually took over kind of like what you would call Midtown Manhattan. Like he took over and owned pretty much all the real estate. So my mom's family was very well to do. But that's a whole nother story because they lost everything. They had nine sisters, two brothers.

Yeah. And so he figured things out. He was hustling the whole time and he eventually took over kind of like what you would call Midtown Manhattan. Like he took over and owned pretty much all the real estate. So my mom's family was very well to do. But that's a whole nother story because they lost everything. They had nine sisters, two brothers.

Both brothers got addicted to gambling and lost the whole fortune. So you come by this addiction stuff, honestly. It's crazy, yeah. And so they sent her here to art school. Dad came from the total opposite. He came from the country in the South, ended up in the city. His father was just, you know, a normal everyday banker. But he figured it out and became like the head of his class.

Both brothers got addicted to gambling and lost the whole fortune. So you come by this addiction stuff, honestly. It's crazy, yeah. And so they sent her here to art school. Dad came from the total opposite. He came from the country in the South, ended up in the city. His father was just, you know, a normal everyday banker. But he figured it out and became like the head of his class.

Both brothers got addicted to gambling and lost the whole fortune. So you come by this addiction stuff, honestly. It's crazy, yeah. And so they sent her here to art school. Dad came from the total opposite. He came from the country in the South, ended up in the city. His father was just, you know, a normal everyday banker. But he figured it out and became like the head of his class.

So he came on a scholarship to America. They met and then they decided to go back. I always make fun of them. I'm like, why the fuck'd you go?

So he came on a scholarship to America. They met and then they decided to go back. I always make fun of them. I'm like, why the fuck'd you go?

So he came on a scholarship to America. They met and then they decided to go back. I always make fun of them. I'm like, why the fuck'd you go?