Dragon's son a singer not a fighter, Chen says

Bruce Lee (李小龍) had a son, Brandon Lee, who took his father's path to become an action actor. Jackie Chan's son Chen Tzu-ming (陳祖明) has decided to take a different route and aims to become a pop singer.

"I taught him kung fu, asking him to practice every day. But he just did it perfunctorily for me. If I scolded him, he would just go to his room and play guitar," Chan said.

Chan said his son began writing songs at 14. But Chan did not let him develop his music career until two years ago, when Chan saw a song written by his son, which told of an unhappy childhood being a superstar's son.

Now 19, his son is scheduled to release his first album at the end of this year. Taiwanese music producer, Lee Tsung-sheng (李宗盛), also a producer of Jackie Chan's albums, is Chen's musical mentor.

"He's very talented, writing eight out of 10 songs on the album. He has his own style, it's not R&B nor hip-hop, as has been rumored," Lee was quoted as saying by Chinese media.

Talking about his son, Chan admitted that the son "may not have had much freedom in his childhood."

Chan married his wife Lin Feng-jiao (林鳳嬌) 20 years ago when Lin was at her career peak as Taiwan's top movie star. Their son Chen Tzu-ming was born the second day of their marriage.

After the marriage Lin swiftly retired from public life and the marriage has been kept secret in order to maintain Chan's image as a single man. It wasn't until three years ago when Chan published his biography in English that he openly talked about his wife and son.