Minglai: The Under The Hood leader stops at the Breakthrough round, ceding all his aura to Liu Grace

With great rapping skills and unique flow that is extremely burning, after the performance of "In the Mist" at "Rap Viet" season 3, rapper Minh Lai has "stormed" on social networks recently.

NicoLai or Rapper Minh Lai, whose real name is Tran Van Lai Minh, is a talented rapper in the South. He was born in 1996 in Da Lat city and currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City. Minh Lai's height is about 1.74m with a very "gangz" and masculine appearance.

He became aware of hip hop and rap music in 2010. At that time, he was just a high school boy but began to practice songwriting, practicing how to play rap. Like many other children at that time, for Minh Lai rapping was merely a hobby in life, he never thought it would become a passion and even be able to support himself later.

After growing up, because of his livelihood, Minh Lai did a lot of multi-disciplinary work. However, his love of rap music has always accompanied him throughout those years.

When asked about who Minh Lai would become if he wasn't a rapper, he said, "If I wasn't a rapper, I would probably do something stable. Actually, I don't know what specific job it will be because rap is my only option at the moment. And I believe, everything is predestined."

His time as a barber starting in 2019 has helped Minh Lai get closer to rap, as this profession often has a very close working environment and is related to hip hop.

On 31/12/2018, Minh Lai founded "Under The Hood", a group gathering friends and brothers with the same passion to make music. At first, everything was quite new and little known, most people just wanted to find "allies" to create sounds and lyrics according to their preferences.

Over time, "Under The Hood" grew stronger under the guidance of leader Minh Lai, each member produced many impressive music products, thereby affirming their position and name in the underground world. Through the music, image and lifestyle of its affiliated artists, "Under The Hood" aspires to build its own brand in the domestic and international markets.

Up to now, Under The Hood's lineup consists of 19 members (as officially announced on the fanpage) including rappers and production crew; MinhLai, B-Wine, VSplifff, Liu Grace , V#, Anh Phan, Twentyfo, Amber (currently in California) are the artists in front of the camera; 3 beat makers: Larria, Pineradise, Tatuda; The production team includes: Yen Oanh aka OANHHYEU (stylist), MinhThai (producer), Binh Vu a.ka Alexander Therandoom (photographer - graphics designer - creative), Hung Le (Curser), Minh Dzuy (Daga), Tri Hoang (3D), Phat (editor).

Possessing a strong and talented team, with a unique and different rap style, "Under The Hood" has become one of the prominent names loved by fans, especially attracting the attention of professionals. The members' products can be mentioned as: Tourist (B-Wine ft V#), ON MA WAV (Vsplifff), Top Dawg (Anh Phan ft Minh Lai &; B-Wine),....

Minh Lai is better known to the rap community, through some million-view songs such as "Mad Flow", "Bring You Up", "Day by Day", The God's Cassette album, remix Here Here with the participation of rapper Cam,..

Minh Lai's raps are often honest and touching. He explores many everyday topics, talking about his own and society's fears. Each of Minh Lai's songs has its own story and contains many meaningful messages.

In addition to rapping, Minh Lai also has many gentle, emotional ballads. He knows how to express deep affection through each melody, each lyric. The male rapper's ballads are often mixed with enthusiasm, imbued with Vietnamese national style.

He was also fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with Spanish director Lambda, the character behind famous music videos such as Stay Here with You (Datmaniac), My People (Hazard Clique). This meeting opened a new door for Minh Lai in rap.

In addition, Minh Lai also has a wide network of relationships in the Vietnamese hip-hop community, whether he is a celebrity or just working under, through his participation in the hip hop series Lost Talents with Lambda.

Before the performance of "In the Mist" at "Rap Viet", rap fans did not know Minh Lai too much, but he was very present in the rap community. The male rapper has had a lot of music products, making brothers in the profession have to recognize their strength.

In episode 5 "Rap Viet" season 3, on the background of Amee's original music, Minh Lai "In the Mist" made a great impression on the audience and the judges. He is considered to have a unique rap style, bold through the way of emphasizing and releasing words. Shortly after receiving praise as the best performance of the episode, cult rapper Andree Right Hand brought the guy to his team.

More specifically, the song features the voice of rapper Liu Grace but makes many viewers mistakenly think it is Amee. And whatever comes will come, immediately "Minh Lai and Amee" became the keyword that people search to listen to this music again.

But in fact, "In the Mist" in Vietnamese Rap is a combination of Minh Lai and Liu Grace. After the performance, the audience of the show learned that the two are in love. So in addition to Tlinh and MCK before, Rap Viet has a pair of Liu Grace and Minh Lai top 1 iTune.

By episode 11 of Rap Viet, Minh Lai was forced to face Liu Grace in the same group for the right to advance. Talking about how he felt when he was in the same group as his girlfriend, the rapper affirmed: "If I don't win against Liu Grace, someone else will win against Liu Grace, I won't let anyone do it!"

However, after the breathtaking competition of 4 candidates from 4 teams, in the end, the girl with a small stature but containing "profound" internal strength, Liu Grace, won the "house column" Minh Lai and both other male rappers, HURRYKNG, DT Tap Rap. She is also the only female contestant who will be present in the final round of the show.

Earlier, when they heard that Minglai was placed in the group with Liu Grace, many people also joked that the happy house would be shaken. But as revealed by Liu Grace, she was greatly supported by her boyfriend in completing the submission.

Thereby, Minh Lai increasingly shows his talent and hard work in the most interested music playground today. With the positive feedback and recognition from the hip hop fan community, it can be seen that Minh Lai has taken steps in the right direction in his career, turning on the thinking and potential of an artist in the future.

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