Because Yu Zhen’s original name is Yang Yuzhen, and the homophone of Yang Yu is potato, which means potato.

Yu Zhen, born on June 23, 1996 in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, is a Chinese female rapper and a member of the W8VES label. In October 2020, he participated in the Bilibili rap music program "Rap New Generation" and advanced to the top eight; in November of the same year, he joined the new label "W8VES" (Wanwu) created by Bilibili and youth culture representative 88rising. ).

For Zhen, the rebellious attitude has always existed. On November 6, 2017, her first single "Journey to the West Award Ceremony" was released online. She compares herself to Wukong, and her colleagues who are "teachers" at work to the great gods, and warns herself to persevere and not give up. She does not want to comply with the existing "orthodox" requirements, after all, "If I obey, I will become someone else."

Yu Zhen mistakenly entered the road of rap

In 2016, Yu Zhen was still studying broadcasting and hosting at Sichuan Conservatory of Music. She formed a singing and dancing group with her classmates and participated in a performance at a car music festival. As soon as she got off the stage, the label that she had performed with at the music festival came over and wanted to invite Yu Zhen to collaborate with them.

Yu Zhen, who had no rap experience, agreed and signed the contract. As she said at the beginning of the show, "I didn't choose rap, but rap chose me."