MC HotDog
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MC HotDog is a Taiwan
ese rap artist
known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs. Some consider his music to present a gritty, realistic picture of life, while others claim that it is not suitable for younger audiences and is nothing but for attention. He is known for his two famous hits - "我的生活" (My Life) and "韓流來襲" (The Korean Invasion).
In 2001, his four mini-CDs sold over 220,000 copies. In 2004, he toured with Chang Chen-yue
in the North American Kill Kitty tour. In 2006, MC HotDog released an album Wake Up, which contains hit song "我愛台妹" (I Love Taiwan Girls). "我愛台妹" is currently featured in a commercial for Kuang Chuan Tea Time. It sampled the main melody of The Spinners's 1972 hit, "I'll Be Around". The track won Best Karaoke Song at the 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards, presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM. Wake Up was both a critically acclaimed album as well as a commercial success, as it provided MC HotDog with crossover appeal. In 2008, MC HotDog released a new album called Mr. Almost.
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese rap artist
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs. Some consider his music to present a gritty, realistic picture of life, while others claim that it is not suitable for younger audiences and is nothing but for attention. He is known for his two famous hits - "我的生活" (My Life) and "韓流來襲" (The Korean Invasion).
In 2001, his four mini-CDs sold over 220,000 copies. In 2004, he toured with Chang Chen-yue
Chang Chen-yue
Chang Chen-yue, also known as A-Yue is a Taiwanese rock musician known for his 1998 hit song "Ai Wo Bie Zou". He is a songwriter, singer and guitarist, and also a dance music DJ under the name DJ Orange. Chang is also the frontman of his band, Free Night, also known as Free9...
in the North American Kill Kitty tour. In 2006, MC HotDog released an album Wake Up, which contains hit song "我愛台妹" (I Love Taiwan Girls). "我愛台妹" is currently featured in a commercial for Kuang Chuan Tea Time. It sampled the main melody of The Spinners's 1972 hit, "I'll Be Around". The track won Best Karaoke Song at the 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards, presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM. Wake Up was both a critically acclaimed album as well as a commercial success, as it provided MC HotDog with crossover appeal. In 2008, MC HotDog released a new album called Mr. Almost.