Slater Rhea

Slater David Rhea (; born 1987) is an American singer, songwriter and television personality based in China. Rhea performs in Chinese (primarily Mandarin, but also in Shaanxi dialect), Mongolian, and English. While he rose to prominence in China for singing traditional Chinese folk tunes, he also writes and sings Chinese pop and educational music and performs a variety of English-language material including American jazz standards and rock-and-roll. Rhea additionally credits former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, whom he met and sang for in 2016, as an inspiration to pursue a career in cultural diplomacy. and learned piano and violin in local music programs. He was enrolled in the Boy Scouts of America from grade one and earned the rank of Eagle Scout at age 13.

He graduated from the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches, Louisiana, before attending the University of Oklahoma as a National Merit Scholar, He attended the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China, where he studied, wrote and defended a 100-page thesis in Mandarin Rhea often sings North Shaanxi folk songs, which he first heard and fell in love with on his first visit to China. His connection to Xi'an and Shaanxi Province is often discussed in his TV appearances, including his love of Shaanxi's distinctive cuisine, including roujiamo ("Chinese hamburger"), liangpi (cold noodles), yangrou paomo (lamb stew with bits of crumbled flatbread), fried persimmon cakes, and, most prominently, biangbiang noodles (Shaanxi's famous 'thick-as-a-belt' handmade noodles). and Rhea made front-page news in Shaanxi province's Chinese Business View when he first wrote the character on CCTV. Show hosts and guests often "test" Rhea's ability to write it, and as a result, Rhea has since been associated with the character in Chinese media. For instance, CCTV host Zhu Jun demonstrated to him how Shaanxi people crouch down to eat the noodles (a folk custom in Shaanxi);

Discography Albums 2019: Sing Chinese With Slater (跟帅德一起唱中文！)

Singles 2021:《过大年》("Happy Chinese New Year") 2019:《中国我的家》("China, My Home") 2019:《中国姑娘》("Chinese Girl") 2019:《天籁之爱》(with 阿鲁阿卓) 2019:《敖包相会》(with 阿木古楞)