Dwagie

thumb|Dwagie '''Tseng Kuan-jung''' ({{zh|c=曾冠榕|poj=Chan Koàn-iông|p=Zēng Guànróng}}, {{circa|1979}}), professionally known as '''Dwagie''' ({{zh|poj=Toā-ki|c=大支}}), is a Taiwanese rapper, best known for using Taiwanese in his performances. His first solo album, ''Lotus from the Tongue'' (舌粲蓮花, 2002), was billed as the first full rap album in the Chinese-speaking world.<ref name="ftw">{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=Taiwanese hip hop star an activist on mic |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aftr/201906280010.aspx |accessdate=29 June 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=28 June 2019}} Republished as {{cite news |title=Feature: Rapper Dwagie explains role of activism in his work |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/07/02/2003717974 |accessdate=2 July 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 July 2019}}</ref> He has also collaborated with fellow rapper MC HotDog.

Outside of the hip hop scene he is best known for his best-selling single, "Taiwan Song", which projects an unapologetic Taiwanese assertiveness. The title is a playful pun on the Mandarin word for "ode" (頌, pinyin: sòng), which also sounds like a Taiwanese word for "feeling good" (爽, POJ: sóng), as well as the English word "song".<ref name="ftw"/>

The 8 March 2004 Asian issue of ''Time'' describes him as a writer of "pro-Taiwan rap" and the "poster boy of the DPP's southern youth vote campaign" during the 2004 presidential election.<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Andrew Perrin Tungkang |title=What Taiwan Wants |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047690,00.html |accessdate=2 July 2019 |magazine=Time |date=3 March 2005}}</ref> He was also featured in a segment of the 2007 Discovery Channel special ''The Mystical Tainan'' (謎樣台南).<ref>[http://dogg.pixnet.net/blog/post/29885840-%E6%8E%A2%E7%B4%A2%E9%A0%BB%E9%81%93-discovery%E8%AC%8E%E6%A8%A3%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97-%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%BA%E6%9C%89%E5%8A%9F%E7%B7%B4-%E5%A4%A7 探索頻道 Discovery謎樣台南介紹人人有功練大支今晩9點首播!!] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704051707/http://dogg.pixnet.net/blog/post/29885840-%E6%8E%A2%E7%B4%A2%E9%A0%BB%E9%81%93-discovery%E8%AC%8E%E6%A8%A3%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97-%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%BA%E6%9C%89%E5%8A%9F%E7%B7%B4-%E5%A4%A7 |date=July 4, 2015 }}</ref> He became a proponent of humane treatment for stray animals in 2009, and has featured their point of view in his music. Dwagie supports trap, neuter, release programs in Taiwan, and has collaborated with others, such as {{ill|Lotus Wang|zh|王彩樺}}, Yang Lie, and Su Tseng-chang, to film public service announcements on stray cats, in DVD and online form.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Chiao-lien |last2=Pan |first2=Jason |title=Feature: Rapper Dog-G has a soft spot for strays |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/06/28/2003565861 |accessdate=12 July 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, he collaborated with Nas on the track "Refuse to Listen". In 2016, he collaborated with Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan on the track "Words to Trump".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=William |title=Feature: Rapper Dwagie explains role of activism in his work |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/07/02/2003717974 |accessdate=2 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 July 2019}}</ref>

== See also == * Taiwanese hip hop

==References== {{reflist|1}}

==External links== {{Official website|https://dwagie.weebly.com/}} *{{Facebook|dwagie}} {{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dwagie}} Category:Taiwanese Buddhists Category:Taiwanese rappers Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Tainan Category:1979 births