Ben Xi
Chinese singer
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Benxi (Chinese: 本兮; pinyin: Běnxī, 30 June 1994 – 24 December 2016), also known as Mǎ Xiǎochén or Utaoki, was a Chinese Hui singer-songwriter.[1]
Born
30 June 1994
Ma Xiaochen (马晓晨)
30 June 1994
Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Died24 December 2016 (aged 22)
Beijing, China
OthernamesUtaoki
Occupationsinger-songwriter
Benxi | |||||||
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| Born | Ma Xiaochen (马晓晨) 30 June 1994 Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | ||||||
| Died | 24 December 2016 (aged 22) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Other names | Utaoki | ||||||
| Occupation | singer-songwriter | ||||||
| Years active | 2011–2016 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 本兮 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 本兮 | ||||||
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| Website | Benxi's Weibo Benxi's Douban page | ||||||
Biography
Benxi was born in Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China in June 1994.
In 2011, she began to enter the music scene.[2]
On 30 June 2012, her personal music brand "Go! Go!" was established, which was the first exclusively post-90s music brand in China.[1]
On 24 December 2016, she committed suicide by jumping off a building. Some Chinese media reported that Benxi died of depression in Beijing.[3][4]
