Zhao Lei, male, is from Lingwu, Ningxia. He graduated from Ningxia Normal University. His father is a music teacher at the school. Born in Beijing on July 20, 1986, he is a male singer and musician in Mainland China. In 2009, he founded the Backbeat Music Studio. In May 2010, he attracted attention for participating in the Beijing Strawberry Music Festival and Beijing Midi Music Festival. In July 2011, he released his first album "Zhao Xiaolei". The album's title song "Southern Girl" was covered by many singers and music fans. In January 2014, he participated in "Chinese Good Songs"; in the same year, he released his second solo album "Jim's Restaurant". In September 2015, the single "Never Go to Lijiang Again" was released. In 2016, he became popular with the single "Chengdu". On January 21, 2017, the album "Can't Grow Up" was released; in February of the same year, he participated in the Hunan Satellite TV variety show "Singer".

On January 27, 2018, he won the 2017 Top 20 Golden Melody Award at the Global Popular Music Gold Chart Annual Ceremony for "Chengdu". On March 26, he won the Best Singer-Songwriter Award at the 25th "Oriental Chart" Music Ceremony