Yatong is a Tibetan singer from Kham

Kham

Kham , is a historical region covering a land area largely divided between present-day Tibetan Autonomous Region and Sichuan province, with smaller portions located within Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces of China. During the Republic of China's rule over mainland China , most of the region was...

, the eastern province of traditional Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

. Yatong was born in Dege in Kham. He's hugely popular with Tibetans in Tibet as well as those who live in exile.

Yatong is known to have been in trouble with Chinese authorities over some of his songs, which they interpreted to have had political overtones.