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Wee Meng Chee () '; (born 6 May 1983 in Muar, Johor)〔 is a Malaysian Chinese of Hainanese descent. He is widely known as Namewee, a bilingual pun on his Mandarin name, which sounds like the Mandarin term for ''name'' (). Wee gained popularity after releasing a controversial song fused with the national anthem of Malaysia, ''Negaraku'', which describes what he thinks of the state of the country and its government. The lyrics of the 'remake' shocked the society. In the following weeks, the song increasingly drew both praise and criticism from various quarters of Malaysian society thus been entitled "Muka Ubi Kentang" by the locals. == Biography == Born and raised up in the town of Muar, Johor, Malaysia, Wee was educated in SRJK Chung Hwa 1B and Chung Hwa High School. He was an undergraduate student majoring in Mass communication at Ming Chuan University in Taoyuan, Taiwan. While in secondary school, he wrote his first 400 songs. Around the same time, Wee and a few good friends formed a band named "大娘乐队" and won several competitions. While studying abroarious languages. He had also released several songs, along with complementary music videos on YouTube, which include ''Muar's Mandarin'' () and ''Kawanku'' (literally, Malay for ''My friends''), the latter being a critical song directed at Malaysian Chinese, Malays and Singaporeans. Despite the controversy surrounding ''Negarakuku'', Wee released his first, self-titled album, ''明志 Namewee'', in Malaysia on 3 September 2007. The album was completed in May and does not contain ''Negarakuku''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=明志 Namewee – ''明志 Namewee'' track list )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Namewee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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