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    Awkwafina: 'No Turning Back'

    Awkwafina, the breakout star of Ocean's 8 and Crazy Rich Asians, reflects on her can't-turn-back moment that led to viral success. Then, she recommends New York City's finest public restrooms.
    Aug 17, 2018 2 minutes
    Awkwafina appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

    When Nora Lum chose Awkwafina as her rap name, she was 16 years old, writing music in her childhood bedroom in Forest Hills, Queens in New York. At the time, she was an aspiring concert trumpeter attending the prestigious Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, teaching herself how to produce beats, and writing lyrics to flesh out the songs. Over" — a response to Mickey Avalon's self-aggrandizing "My Dick."

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