MC HotDog, whose real name is Yao Zhongren, was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He is a Taiwanese rapper. He attended Taipei City Jianguo Middle School and graduated from the Mass Communication Department of Fu Jen Catholic University.

In 2000, he signed a contract to join the "Big Circus" music studio under Magic Rock Records. In 2001, he released four EPs in a row, with cumulative record sales exceeding 300,000. He is known as the creator of "the largest-selling unpublished record in Taiwan's history". In 2004, invited by Zhang Zhenyue, he went on a Pub tour across the province. In October, he was invited by the largest Pub chain "House of Blues" in the United States to perform in the top ten cities in the United States with Zhang Chenyue. In January 2006, he released his first full album "Wake Up". In June, he participated in the performance of the 17th Golden Melody Awards. In June 2007, the "Wake Up" album won the Best Mandarin Album Award at the 18th Golden Melody Awards. In October 2008, he released his second full album "Mr. Almost". In July 2012, she released the album "Slumdog Millionaire" on Rolling Stone Records. In 2014, he participated in the production of the theme song for the Sochi Winter Olympics. In 2015, it was announced that together with Zhang Zhenyue and Naughty Boy MJ116, they would launch the "Brothers' True Colors" global tour. In May 2016, he participated in the production of the Chinese promotional song "We Will Rule" for the movie "Warcraft". In May 2017, MC Hotdog participated in the recording of "Hip Hop in China" as a mentor.

Performing experience

1. In 1996, MC Hotdog was admitted to the second class of the Department of Imaging and Communication at Fu Jen Catholic University. He performed free style rap at the welcome party and began performing on a small scale.

2. In 1998, he successively released his own rap songs on the rap-related website "Master U", attracting the attention of online rap enthusiasts.

3. In 1999, DIY homemade music was circulated on campus and on the Internet, becoming a hot topic on campus. There were even pirated CDs of homemade music for sale in Guanghua Mall, and the music spread to the Chinese market (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China) .

4. In 2000, Kenting's "Spring Scream" concert became a blockbuster, which immediately attracted heated discussions among many rap fans on the Internet, and signed a contract to join the "Big Circus" under Magic Rock Records. music studio. [1]

5. In 2001, four EPs were released consecutively, with cumulative record sales exceeding 300,000. At the end of the year, he enlisted in the army.

6. At the end of 2003, he was discharged from the army.

7. In 2004, invited by Zhang Zhenyue, he went on a Pub tour across the province. In October, he was invited by the largest Pub chain "House of Blues" in the United States to perform in the top ten cities in the United States with Zhang Chenyue.

8. In June 2005, he was invited to Hong Kong as a guest at Zhang Chenyue's concert.

9. In January 2006, he released his first full album "Wake Up". In April, he held his first ticketed concert at Taipei World Trade Center 2. The tickets were sold out two weeks before the concert, and scalpers were selling the tickets ten times the price on the Internet. In June, he participated in the 17th Golden Melody Awards performance. In June 2007, the "Wake Up" album won the Best Mandarin Album Award at the 18th Golden Melody Awards.

10. In October 2008, the second chapter of his complete album "Almost Mr." was released.

11. In July 2012, the third album "Slumdog Millionaire Singer" was released.

12. In February 2013, he held a solo ticketed concert at the Hung Hom Coliseum in Hong Kong for the first time. [9] In August 2013, he held a solo ticketed concert at the Taipei Arena for the first time.

13. In February 2014, he, Zhang Chenyue and Naughty were invited by the Chinese Olympic Committee to create the theme song for the Sochi Winter Olympics and composed "Super Duper Fly". [5] In November 2014, he participated in Li Wanyu's concert at Banqiao Music Park.

14. On May 16, 2015, he participated in the Strawberry Music Festival held in Xi'an; in June, he participated in the production and sang the promotional song "Song of the Five Rings" and the theme song "Watch Me" for the movie "Pancake Man" "Do It" [13]; In July, it was announced that together with Zhang Chenyue and naughty boy MJ116, they would form a group - Brothers, and launch a world tour; in August, they once again joined hands with Zhang Chenyue to launch the advertising song "HAPPY Together".

15. In May 2016, he participated in the production of the Chinese promotion song "We Will Rule" for the movie "Warcraft". Later, he was criticized by game fans for the song and issued a blog post to apologize; in early June, he sang with the naughty boy MJ116 The song "MJ Fresh Gang" was used as an episode in the movie "Now You See Me 2"; on June 22, as a member of "Brothers", he was a guest on the online live broadcast program "Speak Out", attracting nearly 900,000 netizens to watch online ; On July 2, he participated in the "I Do to Youth" Yinweixin concert held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium; in July, MC Hotdog participated in the musician wine program and received a tailor-made hot Spanish cava. Drinking wine; on September 25th, participating in the Xi'an Expo Music Festival.

16. In May 2017, MC Hotdog participated in the recording of "Hip Hop in China" as a mentor.