Lexie Liu

 

 

 

     Chinese singer, rapper and songwriter Lexie Liu is setting a trend for Asian women in hip-hop.

 

     Growing up in Changsha, Hunan Liu learned dance and piano. In 2015, she participated in "K-pop Star 5," a South Korean reality TV competition series, where she came in fourth. Then in 2018 she participated in "The Rap of China" and placed fourth again. Eventually this would lead to Liu signing with American label 88rising. 

 

     V Magazine described her as “the face of a generation of new Chinese artists breaking into the American mainstream with a uniquely, cross-cultural sound."

      After the release of her single "Like A Mercedes", the cyberpunk-inspired music video of the song was Lexie Liu’s first introduction to a global audience, showing off how “her provocative sound is transcending language barriers.”