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11 FACTS ABOUT KRIS WU (From His Power 106 Interview)

by Nefertiti Jenkins


Rapper, actor, basketball player and model, Kris Wu, is making a name for himself in the U.S. with the release of his hot single "Deserve," featuring Travis Scott.

The track was dropped on October 11, and quickly climbed to number one on the U.S. iTunes charts.

For fans looking to learn more about the still rising (former kpop) star, Kris Wu sat down with L.A. Leakers, from Power 106 in Los Angeles recently, to talk about his new track, and other things going on in his life.

During the interview, as he answered questions coming from Justin Credible, and DJ Sourmilk, we learned eleven interesting facts about Kris Wu.

1. Love Life
-Single

2. First Passion
-Basketball
(Basketball brought him into hip-hop. He says he feels like basketball is a fifth element of hip-hop.)

3. First Hip-Hop Artists To Catch His Attention?
-Snoop Dogg, Drake, 50 Cent, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

4. His Style Of Music
-Melody Rap

5. Age Growing Up in 3 Different Countries
-Ages 1-10 - China
-Ages 10 - 18 - Vancouver (Canada)
-Ages 18 - 24 -Korea
-Ages 24- Now - China

6. What Influenced the Making of "Deserve"?
-Song for The Ladies

7. Hottest Women
-Kris says he feels the hottest ladies are in China, but also says beautiful women are everywhere.

8. Working In The Studio with Pharrell?
-Kris will be performing a song with Pharrell Williams in China on November 11th.

9. Introduction to Pharrell?
-Kris just became a 'Beats By Dre' Ambassador
-That's why he has a picture with Dr.  Dre
-Pharrell is also in that circle


10. His Goal?
 -To be a bridge to connect the East and the West

11. Album
-Working on it for the past 2 - 3 years
-Hopes to release it next year

You can watch the full interview from Power 106 here...


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