Dog G

Who is Dog G?

Dog G is a Taiwanese rapper, best known for using Taiwanese in his performances. His first solo album was Lotus from the Tongue, billed as the first ever full rap album in the Chinese-speaking world. He has also collaborated with fellow rapper MC HotDog.

Outside of the hip hop scene he is best known for his best-selling single, "Taiwan Song", which projects an unapologetic Taiwanese assertiveness. The title is a playful pun on the Mandarin word for "ode", which also sounds like a Taiwanese word for "feeling good", as well as the English word "song".

The March 8, 2004 Asian issue of TIME describes him as a writer of "pro-Taiwan rap" and the "poster boy of the DPP's southern youth vote campaign" during the 2004 presidential election. He was also featured in a segment of the 2007 Discovery Channel special The Mystical Tainan.