# Dwagie

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'''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](/source/Music_of_Taiwan) [rapper](/source/rapper), best known for using [Taiwanese](/source/Taiwanese_Minnan) 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](/source/Taipei_Times) |date=2 July 2019}}</ref> He has also collaborated with fellow rapper [MC HotDog](/source/MC_HotDog).

Outside of the hip hop scene he is best known for his best-selling single, "[Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) Song", which projects an unapologetic Taiwanese assertiveness. The title is a playful pun on the Mandarin word for "[ode](/source/ode)" (頌, [pinyin](/source/pinyin): sòng), which also sounds like a Taiwanese word for "feeling good" (爽, [POJ](/source/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB): sóng), as well as the English word "song".<ref name="ftw"/>

The 8 March 2004 Asian issue of ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))'' describes him as a writer of "pro-Taiwan rap" and the "poster boy of the [DPP](/source/Democratic_Progressive_Party)'s southern youth vote campaign" during the [2004 presidential election](/source/2004_ROC_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](/source/Time_(magazine)) |date=3 March 2005}}</ref> He was also featured in a segment of the 2007 [Discovery Channel](/source/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](/source/trap%2C_neuter%2C_release) programs in Taiwan, and has collaborated with others, such as {{ill|Lotus Wang|zh|王彩樺}}, [Yang Lie](/source/Yang_Lie), and [Su Tseng-chang](/source/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](/source/Nas) on the track "Refuse to Listen".  In 2016, he collaborated with [Raekwon](/source/Raekwon) of [Wu-Tang Clan](/source/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](/source/Taiwanese_hip_hop)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Official website|https://dwagie.weebly.com/}}
*{{Facebook|dwagie}}
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Category:Taiwanese Buddhists
Category:Taiwanese rappers
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Tainan
Category:1979 births

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