Hao Ge
Nigerian Chinese-language singer
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Emmanuel Uwechue, known by his stage name Brother Hao (Chinese: 郝歌; pinyin: Hǎo Gē), is a Nigerian singer. He rose to fame through a performance with Han Hong on the CCTV New Year's Gala and has emerged as one of the most notable foreign singers in China.[1]
Career
Uwechue began his singing career in the choir at House on the Rock Pentecostal Church in Lagos, Nigeria.[1] He received a degree in engineering, and began to pursue a singing career, which led his father to disown him. Before getting his career off the ground in China, he was a country music singer.[1] In 2001, a friend advised Uwechue to move to Beijing, where he started performing at bars and hotels.[2] At the Big Easy Bar in Beijing in 2006, he was discovered by Liu Huan, a well-known music producer, who helped him learn Mandarin Chinese. In the same year, he participated in the TV show Xing Guang Da Dao.[2][1]
In 2011, a video of Uwechue singing the Mao-era patriotic song Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China was posted on YouTube. [3] It became a viral video, and helped to increase his fame on the Internet both within and outside China. "非洲小伙好兄弟 唱红歌已无法自拔"
in 2017, a video of Uwechue was uploaded with him singing Honghu Water and Liuyang River posted on youtube "African Chinese Man Brother Hao Sings Honghu Water and Liuyang River"
Discography
- Red and Black (2006)
- Hao Ge’s Latest Songs (2008)
- Beloved Life (2009)
