Who is Thai rapper F. Hero, who caused controversy when sitting in the hot seat of Rap Viet 2024?

On the evening of August 21, the producer of Rap Viet 2024 announced that the owner of the first hot seat of this year's program is veteran Thai rapper - F. Hero.

This information has caused controversy on social networks. Many Vietnamese audiences are wondering how this rapper will monitor the contestants' lyrics.

Rapper F. Hero is confirmed to be in the hot seat of Rap Viet 2024.

"Does this rapper know Vietnamese?", "Why did Rap Viet invite Thai judges?", "Will the judges understand what the contestants rap?"... some viewers were skeptical.

Currently, it is unclear whether F. Hero will take on the position of coach or judge, and the producer of Rap Viet 2024 has not yet commented on this controversial decision.

In addition to F. Hero, Thai VG continues to be confirmed to sit in the hot seat this season.

According to Thairath, F. Hero's real name is Nattawat Srimawk, born in 1982, is a Thai rapper, musician, producer and actor.

He was born and raised in a rural area in Northern Thailand. He considers himself a “country boy” and discovered rap through a school friend at the age of 10.

Responding to Thai media, F.Hero once shared: "I really loved Thai rap music so much that I started learning the lyrics so I could imitate the rappers of that time. I sat and rewinded the cassette tape many times to learn each word and tried to practice rapping.

Since I was a country boy living far away from the city, I didn't have cable TV to watch music videos like everyone else. This meant I never knew who Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg... were. But what I did know was Thai rap like Joey Boy and Khan-tee."

F. Hero gives interview to Thai media.

In the early 2000s, after graduating from high school and moving to Bangkok, F. Hero officially launched his music career.

In his home country, F. Hero is known as the King of Collaboration for his great contribution to the development of hip-hop music in Thailand. He was a judge on The Rapper, The Mask Singer season 2 in Thailand.

He has collaborated with Changbin (StrayKids), legendary rappers from Korea such as Tiger JK, Yoonmirae, Babymetal group (Japan)... Every product created a fever and became a hit.

The most prominent of these is "Mirror Mirror", a collaboration with Milli and Changbin (Stray Kids). The song once caused a stir on the social network TikTok with over 100 million views.

This hit also helped F. Hero win many awards such as: Best of collaboration Song of the year at The guitar mag award 2022, Asia best individual and corporate awards at Asia Top Awards 2024.

In addition, the Thai rapper also has many million-view works such as: "Slipped your mind" with 121 million views, "Sleep now" - 102 million views, "Defendant of love" - ​​203 million views...

Currently, F.Hero runs a major record label called High Cloud Entertainment.

Rapper F. Hero.

On The Cloud, F. Hero said he has ambitions to bring Thai music first to Southeast Asia, then to Asia, and finally globally.

"Inspiration comes from Korea. Admittedly, BTS, BlackPink or Stray Kids have all brought Korean to the top of the charts and have been recognized in both the US and around the world.

That shows us that language is not a barrier in bringing music to the international market. Because Korea has proven that they can bring Korean language to the world," F. Hero expressed.

Rap Viet 2024 has just gone through the casting round in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of thousands of young faces.

In 4 casting sessions, prominent rappers in the rap industry or contestants who have competed many times such as: Mason Nguyen, Godthic, TeuYoungBoy, Gia Loc, Coldzy, TC.. registered.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/rapper-thai-lan-f-hero-gay-tranh-luan-khi-ngoi-ghe-nong-rap-viet-2024-la-ai-192240822161543608.htm