MC40


Xue Shi Ling, also known as MC40 is a Taiwanese-born Canadian musician, songwriter, lyricist, actor, and television presenter. He is a member of the Taiwanese hip hop band Da Mouth, with DJ Chung Hua, Harry, and Aisa.
MC40 usually writes most of Da Mouth's lyrics on the album and is considered one of the best and fastest rappers in Taiwan with his multi-language rapping ability.

Biography

Background

MC40 was born on June 10, 1983 and was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He attended Fu Jen Catholic University Department of English, in New Taipei City, Taiwan. He can speak English and Mandarin fluently. He is also known as Simon Xue.

2007-2009: Da Mouth debut

MC40 signed up under Universal Music Taiwan and formed the group, Da Mouth in 2007. The group released their debut self-titled album Da Mouth on November 26, 2007. The album consists of thirteen songs, in which all the songs are penned by MC40.
The group received the Best Singing Group at the 19th Golden Melody Awards, which was held in the Taipei Arena on July 5, 2008.
On December 19, 2008, Da Mouth released their second album entitled Wang Yuan Kou Li Kou under the same company. Once again, the album consists of thirteen songs, and almost all of the songs are written by MC40.
In 2009, MC40 was featured in Chloe Wang's 哥本哈根的童話 album, and rapped on her single entitled "哥本哈根的童話". In addition, he wrote the songs "D.I.S.C.O" and "怪......不怪" by Yungai Hayung and Sky Wu respectively. He also got his acting debut on Possible Love film.

2010-present: Da Mouth album releases & acting career

's third album,One Two Three was released on January 23, 2010, under Universal Music Taiwan. The album consists of twelve songs, all written by MC40, excluding the two instrumental songs. The lead track "喇舌" was listed at number 42 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart for 2010.
In the same year, the group released their first New + Best Selections album, Episode on October 8, 2010. The album consists of two disks with eighteen songs overall. The first disk is composed of ten songs from their first three albums plus a remix from those songs named "Episode remix". The second disk, on the other hand, is composed of six new songs, in which MC40 had his first solo song, written and composed by himself, and a Japanese remix of "結果咧".
In addition, MC40 wrote the song "Welcome" by One Two Free from their self-titled album released on November 5, 2010.
Once again, the group won the Best Singing Group at the 22nd Golden Melody Awards in 2011.
On the other hand, MC40 contributed the lyrics of "Love Faith Live" by Vanness Wu in C'est La V album released on July 15, 2011. During this year, he also had his first television series, Pearls of Love, Office Girls, and Love SOS consecutively.
His acting career continued the next year with Touch of the Light film and Ti Amo Chocolate television series with Vanness Wu, Joanne Tseng, and Wang Zi. He also contributed the song "Extras" for the series' soundtrack.
On April 27, 2012, Da Mouth released their fourth album, "流感". The album has twelve songs, in which ten are written by MC40. Additionally, he wrote the song "SpeXial" by a boygroup with the same name and album released on December 7, 2012.
In the present time, MC40 stars in the television series, Love Around after filming King Flower drama series.

Discography

Music creations

Lyricist

Music compositions

Collaborations

Soundtrack contributions

Music video appearances

Filmography

Films

Television Series

Television Hosting