Steven Lin
Steven Lin is an American orthopaedic surgeon and the youngest former member of the Taiwanese hip-hop group L.A. Boyz. Born in Pasadena, California, he formed L.A. Boyz in 1991 with his cousins Jeffrey HuangJeffrey HuangJeffrey Huang, known as Machi Big Brother, is a Taiwan-born entertainer, entrepreneur and crypto investor. A member of the 1990s hip-hop group L.A. Boyz, he founded Machi Entertainment in 2003 and the live-streaming platform 17 Media around 2015, serving as its chairman, then founded the crypto projects Mithril and C.R.E.A.M. Finance; he is also a major holder of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.Open the full entry and Stanley HuangStanley HuangStanley Huang is a Taiwanese singer and actor who grew up in the United States. In 1991 he formed the hip-hop group L.A. Boyz with his older brother Jeffrey Huang and their cousin Steven Lin, and after the group disbanded in 1997 he became a solo singer. In 2005 he won Best Mandarin Male Singer at the 16th Golden Melody Awards for the album Shades of My Mind. He later appeared in films directed by Xu Jinglei, including Go Lala Go!, then gradually withdrew from show business; he has no official social media accounts.Open the full entry, and after the group disbanded he returned to the United States to study medicine; he earned his M.D. at the University of California, Irvine, specializes in hand, wrist, elbow and microsurgery, and practises in Pasadena and Arcadia.
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Early Life and 1991–1997: L.A. Boyz
Lin was born at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, and grew up in Arcadia. He and his cousins Jeffrey Huang and Stanley Huang returned to Taiwan and appeared on the TTV show Five Lights Award on September 8, 1991, as the hip-hop group L.A. Boyz, in which he was the youngest member; the group became popular for its breaking dance and Taiwanese-language songs, released its first record in 1992 and disbanded in 1997.[1][2][3][4]
From 1997: Turning to Medicine
After a high-school friend died in a car crash, Lin volunteered at an orthopaedic practice, was later hired there, and decided to go to medical school, saying he needed more of a sense of achievement and knew that medicine was what he wanted. He earned his B.A. and M.D. at the University of California, Irvine, completed his internship and residency in orthopaedics at L.A. County + USCUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California (USC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, planned by a group led by Judge Robert Maclay Widney and opened to students in 1880.Open the full entry Medical Center, and completed fellowships in hand and upper-extremity surgery at the Philadelphia Hand Centers of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and in pediatric hand and upper-extremity reconstruction at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.[4][1]
Practice: Hand and Upper-Extremity Surgery
Lin practises at Congress Orthopaedic Associates, specializing in hand, wrist, elbow and microsurgery, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery with a subspecialty certificate in surgery of the hand; he is section chief of orthopaedic surgery and vice chairman of the department of surgery at Methodist Hospital of Southern California, teaches at USC Medical Center, and serves as team physician for local high-school and college sports programs. By 2017 he had his own practice and could speak with patients in English, Mandarin, Taiwanese and some Spanish.[1][4]
May 2018Wedding in France
Lin proposed in July 2017 and married in May 2018 in the garden of a château in France; his cousins Jeffrey Huang and Stanley Huang attended, a rare occasion on which the three were together.[5]
October 2019On Stage with Former Machi Members at Nicky Lee’s Concert
On October 12, 2019, at Nicky Lee’s first concert at the Taipei Arena, marking 16 years since his debut, Lin flew in from the United States and joined Jeffrey Huang and other former members of Machi on stage during the encore to perform the song Machi; he was 43.[6]
February 2026Cameo in Kung Fu
Lin made a cameo in Kung Fu, the Giddens Ko film produced by his cousin Jeffrey Huang, which opened in Taiwan on February 13, 2026; Huang said his cousin had very much wanted to act.[7]
Sources
- Steven D. Lin, M.D. (opens in a new window)
- 吳建豪美國被霸凌遇到黃立成 對方1句「回台灣耍廢」成爆紅關鍵 [Van Ness Wu was bullied in the U.S. and met Jeffrey Huang; one line about going back to Taiwan became the key to his fame] (opens in a new window) (in Chinese)
- 重探台灣嘻哈起點：荒漠至豐盛的漫漫長路 [Revisiting the origins of Taiwanese hip-hop: the long road from desert to abundance] (opens in a new window) (in Chinese)
- 不戀棧「洛城三兄弟」光環！林智文成骨科名醫更有成就感 [Not clinging to L.A. Boyz fame: Steven Lin finds more fulfilment as a renowned orthopaedic surgeon] (opens in a new window) (in Chinese)
- 同志天菜LABoy林智文結婚了！城堡花園辦國王皇后超美 [L.A. Boyz’s Steven Lin marries in a castle garden dressed as king and queen] (opens in a new window) (in Chinese)
- 麻吉底加！替李玖哲站台飆歌 林智文一上台秒脫了掀回憶殺 [Machi is here: Steven Lin sings in support of Nicky Lee and takes off his shirt on stage, stirring nostalgia] (opens in a new window) (in Chinese)
- 九把刀沒揪、親弟歹逗陣 黃立成《功夫》首映變「爆料大會」 [Giddens Ko left him out and his brother is hard to get along with: Jeffrey Huang’s Kung Fu premiere turns into a reveal session] (opens in a new window) (in Chinese)