Namewee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Namewee

Malaysian musician

Date of Birth: 06-May-1983

Place of Birth: Muar, Johor, Malaysia

Profession: screenwriter, actor, composer, singer, songwriter, rapper, film director, YouTuber

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Namewee

  • Wee Meng Chee (born 6 May 1983) is a Malaysian Chinese hip hop recording artist, composer, filmmaker and actor.
  • He is widely known by his stage name Namewee, a bilingual pun on his first name, which sounds like the Mandarin term for name (Chinese: ??; pinyin: míngzi). Wee gained popularity after releasing a controversial song titled Negarakuku, a remake of the national anthem of Malaysia, Negaraku.
  • The word kuku resembles the male reproductive organ in Chinese Hokkien dialect.
  • In the weeks following the song's release, it drew criticism from Malaysian society.
  • Despite the controversy surrounding Negarakuku, Wee released his first, self-titled EP, Namewee (Chinese: ??), in Malaysia on 3 September 2007.
  • The album was completed in May and does not contain Negarakuku. In early 2010, he released his first film titled Nasi Lemak 2.0.
  • Subsequently, he released Hantu Gangster and Kara King, which were released in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
  • He also started a talk show series on YouTube, Namewee Tokok, in September 2012.
  • He was nominated for the Best Male Vocal Mandarin award at the Golden Melody Award in 2016 and 2017.
  • In August 2016, he was arrested by police for filming a music video, featuring performers dressed as religious leaders going about a church, a mosque and a Chinese temple, which allegedly insulted the dignity of Islam.Namewee is a controversial figure in Malaysian Chinese music.
  • He first gained mainstream popularity with his song You're Not Red (Chinese: ???).
  • In subsequent years, several other songs also gained global attention, such as Thai Love Song (Chinese: ????), High Pitch (Chinese: ???) Stranger In The North (Chinese: ????) and Tokyo Bon 2020 (Japanese: ?????2020).
  • Currently, over 120 of his tracks (including those which have been removed from his YouTube channel) have over 1 million views.

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