Ben Xi
Chinese singer
Benxi (Chinese: 本兮; pinyin: Běnxī, 30 June 1994 – 24 December 2016), also known as Mǎ Xiǎochén or Utaoki, was a Chinese Hui singer-songwriter.[1]
Benxi | |||||||
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Born | Ma Xiaochen (马晓晨) (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | ||||||
Died | 24 December 2016(2016-12-24) (aged 22) Beijing, China | ||||||
Other names | Utaoki | ||||||
Occupation | singer-songwriter | ||||||
Years active | 2011–2016 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 本兮 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 本兮 | ||||||
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Website | Benxi's Weibo Benxi's Douban page |
Biography
Benxi was born in Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China in June 1994.
In 2011, she began to enter the music scene.[2]
On 30 June 2012, her personal music brand "Go! Go!" was established, which was the first exclusively post-90s music brand in China.[1]
On 24 December 2016, she committed suicide by jumping off a building. Some Chinese media reported that Benxi died of depression in Beijing.[3][4]
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