Soft Lipa Biography: 14 Things You Need To Know About The Taiwanese Artist

 

Soft Lipa is a Taiwanese rapper who is popularly known in the hip hop scene in both Mainland China and Taiwan for his melodic flows and his jazzy rhythms. The award-winning artist is also known for popular songs like “Guan Yu Xiao Xiong,” “Cai Jiao Ta Che,” and “Re Shui Zap.” Check out this article for Soft Lipa's biography as well as 14 things you need to know about him. 

14 Things To Know About Soft Lipa

Here are 14 things you need to know about Soft Lipa, the Taiwanese rapper:

• His real name is Tu Cheng-hsi
• He was born on December 7, 1982, in Tainan City, Taiwan
• He is currently 41 years old but will turn 42 by December 2024
• He acquired basic education at Tainan First Senior High School
• While in high school, he came across a mixtape by MC Hotdog and this mixtape inspired him to venture into rap. 
• He also released his first track on tape while in high school, and won the annual Tainan First Senior High School x Tainan Girls’ Senior High School Interschool Music Competition with “Skool Life,” a track he recorded with RPG, his younger brother
• He went on to further his education National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, majoring in Visual Communication
• While in his senior year in the university, he was recruited by Kao!Inc as a producer and was focused on producing songs for the rap and hip hop record label
• In 2006, he joined The Huangs, a popular rap group. While in the group, he released popular songs like “Indian Michael Jackson in the Club,” “Branding the Bottom of my Pants,” and “Stephen Chow Rap Battle 1 & 2 (Stephen Chow Rap),” while collaborating with popular artists like Michael Jackson in Manchuker and JNCO
• In 2009 he released “Lotion,” his debut album, and rose to prominence in the rap scene with “Bear,” a track off the album
• He has since gone on to release various projects (songs and albums) make a name for himself in the rap industry
• Some of the awards Soft Lipa has won include five Golden Indie Music Awards (for Best Hip Hop Single in 2010, 2011, and 2014, and Best Hip Hop Album in 2011 and 2014). His album was also named in the Top 10 Albums of the Year by the Association of Music Workers in Taiwan in 2010
• In 2019, he parted ways with Kao!Inc and founded his own record label named RSDR 
• For now, nothing is known about Soft Lipa's net worth 

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