24 Facts About Namewee

Wee Meng Chee, better known by his stage name Namewee, is a Malaysian hip hop recording artist, composer, filmmaker and actor.

Namewee's stage name is a bilingual pun on his first name, the English term for 'name'.

Namewee started a talk show series on YouTube, Namewee Tokok, in September 2012.

Namewee was nominated for the Best Male Vocal Mandarin award at the Golden Melody Award in 2016 and 2017.

Namewee first gained mainstream popularity with his song "You're Not Red".

Namewee studied mass communication as an undergraduate at Ming Chuan University in Taoyuan between 2002 and 2006.

Namewee acted as the principal cast in Potong Saga and as the supporting cast in Meter.

In October 2010, Namewee was officially invited to attend the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.

Namewee composed part of the music and rap lyrics as well as appearing in the video, featuring various other local celebrities and politicians.

Namewee starred in Petaling Street Warriors, which was released in December 2011.

Namewee uploaded a video about Lynas, and talked about Australian and Kangaroo in the video, on 28 February 2012.

On 25 September 2012, he officially launched an online talk show entitled Namewee Tokok, hoping through this program, the Malaysian could have a different perspective on viewing various issues and news in Malaysia as the mass media of the country was consolidated by the government.

In 2014, Namewee established RED People, a group of Internet personnel, and was involved in composing Joyce Chu's song Malaysia Chabor.

Namewee's fans commented that although the song was only for 18+, they enjoyed it and kept replaying the song.

In July 2020, Namewee debuted a music video of his song "Five Hundred", which is a rock song made in the style of and a tribute to Taiwanese Wu Bai and his band China Blue.

On 22 August 2021, Namewee published an article about the Taliban's eight suggestions for seizing the regime of Afghanistan on Weibo.

Namewee featured Wang Leehom in a song titled "Stranger in the North", which was released on YouTube on 4 March 2017.

On 23 January 2020, Namewee released a single and music video titled China Reggaeton featuring Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong.

In 2024, Namewee collaborated with Wong again for his single, 'Za Fit'.

On 25 August 2016, Namewee was freed on bail after the magistrates' court had refused to extend his arrest in view of his suffering from stomach ulcers.

On 22 February 2018, Namewee was detained by police for a day to facilitate investigations on his music video Like a Dog, in which he and other individuals dance allegedly indecently in front of Perdana Putra, the office complex of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Namewee released a video refuting charges made against him, principally that the dance video had been staged in front of a mosque.

On 15 March 2021, the Malay Mail reported that Namewee had been detained for two hours after passing immigration at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and is due to surrender himself to police custody at their Bukit Aman headquarters after a seven-day quarantine.

Namewee was later able to retrieve some of the content.