Vava

Mao Yanqi (; born 29 October 1995), professionally known as Vava, is a Chinese rapper and singer from Ya'an, Sichuan. Her English stage name Vava is a synonym for "doll" in Chinese , chosen as she had a "baby face" when she was little.

Childhood and early career

Mao Yanqi was raised in a single parent household after the death of her father. While her mother worked far away from home, ' This show helped to bring underground rappers into the spotlight. During the season she rapped in both Mandarin and Sichuan dialects. Vava was also featured in "New World" by Krewella. She had a modeling contract with American designer Alexander Wang As a result, VaVa was removed from a television show named Happy Camp. She said being off TV gave her time to focus on making music. VaVa signed with Warner Music China in August 2019. She was signed to 种梦音乐 D.M.G., which is also known as Dream Music Group, in 2021 and she and GAI became the mentor of The New Generation Project Of Hip-Hop. In 2021, she caused controversy by dressing as Nicki Minaj and wearing blackface on the 白变大咖秀 television show. She became a member of The Father Of Success of The Rap Of China 2022.

She released V-Mystery in 2022.

Artistry and influences While Vava was influenced by Rihanna and Little Simz, her biggest musical influence as a child was Jay Chou. sung by opera singer Wang Qianqian.

Politics Along with other Mainland pop culture figures, VaVa has publicly taken a pro-Mainland government stance regarding Hong Kong, stating on her social media pages that she feels that Hong Kong will always be a part of China. After the Fu Guohao incident, in which Hong Kong protestors tied up and beat a mainland-based Global Times'' journalist, VaVa shared on social media Fu's quote, "I support the Hong Kong police; you can beat me now" which became a viral expression of pro-establishment support.

Discography 21 (2017)

21 Part II (2018)

毛衍七 (2019)

Vow (2020)

V-Dynasty, Pt. 1 (2020)