Hao Ge

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Career

Uwechue began his singing career in the choir at House on the Rock Pentecostal Church in Lagos, Nigeria.<ref name="wang"/> 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.<ref name="wang"/> In 2001, a friend advised Uwechue to move to Beijing, where he started performing at bars and hotels.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="wang"/>

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. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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)

See also

• Lou Jing

External links

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