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Masiwei (simplified Chinese: 马思唯; pinyin: mǎ sīwéi; born January 27, 1993), is a Chinese rapper, songwriter, record producer, beat-maker and fashion designer. Recognized by the New York Times as a "breakthrough star in Chinese Hip-Hop", leader of the Higher Brothers, one of China's leading rappers.

Masiwei aims to explore, develop and promote Chinese hip-hop culture. He incorporates his hometown dialect, Sichuanese, into his work, and bring the music and culture made in China to a bigger stage. As a fashion designer, Masiwei led his fashion brand, "A Few Good Kids", in collaboration with Edison Chen's "CLOT".

Early life
Masiwei was born on January 27, 1993, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. When he was in the second grade, he was inspired after hearing Jay Chou's song "Ninja", which became his initial impression of hip-hop music. Later, after hearing diverse rap songs, he began to develop an interest in music with rap elements. During his college career in Chengdu University of Technology, he made a group of friends who also loved hip-hop music and tried to record a few songs. He worked part-time at a children education center, a supermarket, a Seven-Eleven, and an interior design company before leaving home at the age of 22 to prove himself as a rapper.

2013-2015: Early development as Rapper
Masiwei was a beat-maker in the beginning of his career. On the last day of 2013, Masiwei released his first album "P.E.I_Mixtape1". In 2014, he made his official debut with the music single "Laoshan Taoist", and in 2015, his music single "Flava In Ya Ear" was featured by Snoop Dogg on the "Underground Heat" program, ranking #10. Masiwei and other three rapper DZ, Melo and Psy.P released the single "Higher Brother" at the end of 2015, which signaled the official formation of the team.

2015-2019: Development in Higher Brothers
In 2016, the group began posting their music on YouTube through the hip-hop media outlet 88Rising. In July, the group released the self-titled remix album "Higher Brothers", and in August, the group released the English-language single "Bitch". In August, the group released the English single "Bitch Don't Kill My Dab". On December 31, the group released the single "YAHH !!!" with J.Mag. In 2017, the group signed to Control Music Group of the U.S. In March, the group released the trap single "Panda". In the same month, the group released the single "Made in China" with Famous Dex, which was shortlisted for Best Rap Single at the 7th Abilu Music Awards, and the song has received 25.73 million views on Youtube as of today. In May, the group released the song "WeChat" with South Korean rapper Keith Ape. In June, the group released their debut studio album "Black Cab", which The album won the award for Favorite Rap Album at the 7th Annual Abilu Music Awards. In July, the group was the guest musical performer on the Chengdu section of Stephen Curry's China tour. In November, the group released the song "Flo Rida", a collaboration with Ski Mask The Slump God.

In 2018, the group released the EP "Journey To The West", which was produced by HARIKIRI. In April, the group released the remixed version of the single "Made In China", which was produced by DJ Snake. On July 11, the group released a collaborative song with Phum Viphurit, "Lover Boy 88". In December, the group released the music single "16 Hours" and released the documentary "16 Hours" about their time in the United States. On January 15, 2019, the group released the single "Open It Up"; on January 20, the group won the "Rap Musician of the Year Award" at the NetEase Cloud Music Original Ceremony ; on January 29, the group released the New Year's Eve song "Wish You Rich".

2019-2021: From Rapper to Rap-Star
On March 20, 2019, Masiwei's fashion brand A Few Good Kids announced the release of its first round of merchandise apparel along with his album A Few Good Kids. On March 23, the group kicked off their "恭喜发财WISH YOU RICH" world tour in Chengdu. On February 28, 2020, the group released their first album, "Five Stars", which featured collaborations with artists such as Soulja Boy and Rich Brian. On February 28, 2020, he released his debut album "Prince Charming", which contains 18 songs including "Day Dream", "Don't Be Afraid", and "Amsterdam". On April 24, he appeared on Hunan TV's music competition program "歌手·当打之年" as Yuan Yawei's backup singer. In July, he took up the role of rap mentor for the Bilibili's original program show "Rap for Youth" with Knowknow, Rich Brain and Huang Zitao. On November 5, he released the single "To Right Wrongs" with Nineone乃万 and Matzka. On December 10, he was awarded the "Young of the Year Award" at the 17th Mr. of the Year Ceremony.

January 1, 2021, he released the music single "Why". On January 26, he released the single Toban Djan to promote his hometown specialty food Doubanjiang. February 14, released his first solo album "Black Horse". March, participated in the Zhejiang TV cross-screen interactive music variety show "Praise the program". July 15, participated in the Tencent video variety show "Hip-Hop Girls" as producer instructor. On April 13, 2022, he released his third studio album "Humble Swag"; on July 10, his studio album "Humble Swag GT Mixtape" was released; in August, he participated in the Sino Wave Music Festival ; in the same month, he participated in the Z Vision Generation Music Carnival ; on August 13, he participated in the Simple Life Festival Shenzhen. On September 3, he will participate in Yuan Qi Forest Music Festival ; on September 23, he will participate in TikTok's "Planet Jump: Rap Party". In December, he participated in the "云思妙想" Party. On November 1, "啥子范" was released to promote the opening of Louis Vuitton's Taikoo Li store in Chengdu.

On January 2, 2023, he will participate in the Jiangnan National Wave Music Carnival. On February 25, he will participate in the Nanjing Blooming Music Festival. In March, participated in the AYO! Music Festival Shenzhen. On March 19, 2023, participated in the Chao Yin - National Wave Music Carnival Guangzhou Station. March 25, participated in the Nebula Qingdao Music Festival; April 1, participated in the AYO! Music Festival Chengdu Station; April 2, participated in the Star Music Festival Hefei Station; April 8, the album "Champion Love Songs" was released, featuring four songs, including the song of the same name, and a world tour of the same name was announced at the same time ; he arrived in North America on the 17th, performing in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York (at the HITC Head In The Clouds Music Festival), Chicago, and Toronto, and finally on May 26, performing in Vancouver with many members of 88rising; during his time in the United States, he recorded songs in the studio with Tyla Yaweh and other American rappers in the studio recording songs, suspected to be preparing for a new album. On June 5, Masiwei brought his AFJK and co-branded it with CLOTEE, a sub-brand of CLOT by Edison Chen. On June 29, Masiwei released "P.Y.T", the first track of his collaborative album with Asen艾志恒, "Dog Bite Dog", and released the full song list of "Dog Bite Dog" on July 14th, and on October 5th, Masiwei and Asen performed songs from the album "Dog Bite Dog" together for the first time at "2023 AYO! Music Festival Chengdu Station Pt.2". The Champion Love Songs world tour ended on October 22nd in London, England.

Personal life
On January 7, 2020, Masiwei released a kissing photo with his girlfriend Yi Mengling, opening up the relationship.

On April 8, 2023, Masiwei's new album, "Champion Love Song", announced that he and Yi Mengling had broken up.