When Anderson .Paak appeared last August on the popular podcast Drink Champs, he regaled host N.O.R.E. about his travels to South Korea and love for its famed local spirit soju. The host, however, needed some clarification: “But you’re not Korean yourself?” It’s a question the 40-year-old hip-hop-soul sensation, born Brandon Paak Anderson, has heard his whole career. He is, in fact, one-quarter Korean.