# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mc-hotdog
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:02:13.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mc-hotdog"
name: "MC HotDog"
slug: "mc-hotdog"
description: "Yao Zhong Ren, professionally known as MCHotDog, is a Taiwanese rap artist and best known as “The Father of Taiwanese Hip Hop Music”. He is also known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs."
tagline: "Taiwanese hip hop singer and rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MC_HotDog_with_Adidas_microphone_20120504.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-04-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.139248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mchotdogmusic/"
    handle:    "mchotdogmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mchotdogmusic"
    handle:    "mchotdogmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2943282/"
    handle:    "nm2943282"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4maR8o69pil8CrclOiFVVW"
    handle:    "4maR8o69pil8CrclOiFVVW"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3293503"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_HotDog"
    title: "MC HotDog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_HotDog"
    title: "MC HotDog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_HotDog"
    title: "MC HotDog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_HotDog"
    title: "MC HotDog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_HotDog"
    title: "MC HotDog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/69905894-f909-4583-b76c-5dcc24b70932"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1722061"
    title: "MC Hotdog"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump