Chuckie Akenz

Chuckie Nguyen, better known by his stage name of C-A, and formerly as Chuckie Akenz, is a Canadian rapper of Vietnamese descent. He grew up in the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Chuckie rose to notoriety with the filming of an amateur rap video called "You Got Beef?" The music video was widely viewed on the internet, being both praised and criticized. He is considered one of the first well known Asian hip-hop artists around the world. Chuckie was featured on two national documentaries talking about his life and how it was growing up as an Asian youth in urban Toronto. Chuckie at this time also had 3 music videos rotated on Much Music as well as several media features. After leaving the music business officially in 2009, Chuckie began pursuing other avenues in his life. However, in 2024, he announced his return to music on his Instagram page sometime in 2025. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckie...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)