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Do Zhenxi (Chinese: 杜振熙, born December 7, 1982), known professionally as Dan Bao (蛋堡) or Soft Lipa, is a Taiwanese rapper from Tainan. After visiting the National Tainan No.1 High School, he graduated from the Department of Visual Communication at the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. In 2021, he received the award for the Best Chinese Male Singer, as well as for the Chinese Album at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards in Taipei.

School Period
Do Zhenxi first came in touch with Hip Hop by listening to the project DEMO by the rapper MC HOTDOG. This experience made him become deeply interested in rap music. In middle school, he then recorded his first rap song called “Xìngyù Bàozhà” (性慾爆炸) on tape. Later he founded the rap group “Bamboo Gang”. In 2006 he released an underground Album called “Pǐnzhí Shàngwèi Bǎozhèng Mixtape” (品質尚未保證 Mixtape ) with another rap group called “Huang Shi” (黃氏). At that time the rap group consisted of the members Yance, RPG, Dan Bao (蛋堡), Lil’P, Tiansha (天殺) and Guodan (國蛋). In order to satisfy his creative desires, he also released a series of rap songs under the pseudonym DJ KuSouL including “Lào Sài Zài Kù Dǐ” (烙賽在褲底), “Shǐdìfēn Zhōu de Ráoshé Battle 1, 2”  (史蒂芬周的饒舌battle 1, 2) and  “Yìndù Mài Kě Shàng Yèdiàn”  (印度麥可上夜店).

Music Career
The name Dan Bao (蛋堡) which translates to "Eggburger" comes from the fact that as a child, his father would order a McDonald's ham and egg burger for breakfast every day when he was driven to school. During his senior year in the Department of Visual Communication at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, he was recruited by the emerging rap-based record label “KAO!INK” (顏社企業) to post-produce other rap songs. In 2019 he announced that he has founded his own record label called “Rènxìng de Rén” (任性的人) and that his future projects will be exclusively distributed through that. “Jiācháng Yīnyuè” (家常音樂), the first album to be released through the new record label was expected in winter 2019, but it was postponed to January 2020 for pre-order, and was available on February 14th. Digital purchase was made possible on the 22th of February through the label’s official website. Do Zhenxi stated in an interview that there are no plans to make the album available on conventional streaming platforms. The album won the prize for Best Chinese Album at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards in 2021.