Rapper Ogenus: Once a Korean trainee, now becoming a "dinosaur" on the Vietnamese Rap ring

Popping up from Vietnamese Rap, but few people know, before becoming the "water dinosaur" of the BigDaddy team, Ogenus once had an illustrious background that overwhelmed fans...

From the first seconds of his appearance, Ogenus impresses with his handsome face, with a high nose bridge, deep eyes and a sunny smile. Not only that, Ogenus also possesses an impressive height and dynamic fashion style, personality, which has helped the rapper "attract" many fans for himself.

Ogenus, real name Nguyen Tuan Duy (1997), is a male rapper who was very interested and loved by the online community when he participated in the Vietnamese Rap Contest 2020. He came back stronger than before with an impressive performance at Rap Viet season 3, selected from Big Daddy, Thai VG and Andree.

Explaining his stage name, the rapper born in 97 said: "I belong to Mercury, Ogenus is the name of an ocean god. I think these two things have similarities, hopefully they can bring luck to my career."

Not only possessing outstanding appearance, Ogenus also stands out for his artistic talent, especially the ability to sing. Ogenus pursues rap music and has participated in the Vietnamese Rap Contest 2020. He performed the song "Brother Bear It", a song that expresses the strong emotions that Ogenus has experienced in life.

For the talent of rapper 9x Ogenus, coach Thai VG did not hesitate to express his feelings: "You make me think of Son Tung M-TP and my internal strength is very strong. So I could see that all the audience in this room was crazy about me. Your energy is so great that I think you and I get along really well."

The color that he brings in music in general and the rap genre in particular to the "seniors and sisters" in the profession, they call it "rainbow energy" because of the diversity and freedom in the way Ogenus sings, raps and the bravery to "dominate" the stage of the male rapper.

During one of the competitions, judge Suboi commented on Ogenus: "When you came out wearing an orange suit, I didn't know what color music you were going to bring, but you proved that your music transcends that look, even though you're very handsome. Your energy touched everyone here."

In Rap Viet season 3, Ogenus received a selection from three coaches: Big Daddy, Thai VG and Andree Right Hand. In the end, he chose to join coach Big Daddy's team.

In the contest, Ogenus "risked" performing rock music, different from the rap genre male rappers often perform such as Trap, RnB, . Ogenus hopes to create a new turning point for himself in his artistic career.

Ogenus boldly brought the song "She follows the genre of Rock instead of Trap or R&B". Thanks to this breakthrough, the song sings with a catchy melody that makes the whole studio stir, quickly becoming a hit in Rap playlists.

Although the strength of Ogenus is something no one can deny, but in the process of doing the job. As a musician, Ogenus has been accused of plagiarism from fans of US-UK music.

Specifically, along with the song She brought home the victory and many achievements followed as soon as it was aired in Rap Vietnam. In addition to the positive comments towards Ogenus' modern musical thinking, many people realized that the beat (background music) of this song is too "coincidence" with the song The Box and the second half of the song Down Below by American rapper and songwriter Roddy Ricch.

At that time, fans of the guy and netizens pursuing US-UK music had a heated debate about this "coincidence" on social networking forums that posted Ogenus' song.

Continuing to the head-to-head round, OgeNus overcame Limitlxss with overwhelming votes from the audience and received support from the coaches with the song "Unintentional". Male rapper She made the audience "sticky" with her extremely smooth melody "driving" ability and impressive hook.

In particular, before joining Rap Viet, OgeNus tried his hand at acting when participating in the school film project Friend Zone in 2019.

Before becoming a contestant of Rap Viet, Ogenus was a trainee of FNC Entertainment in Korea. is the management company of some boy groups that used to be very famous such as FT Island, CNBlue or girl group AOA, solo singer Juniel ... .

He also shares many of his works on his personal YouTube channel and has received thousands of views. The rapper's self-composed songs featuring his close friend Lil Shady are quite popular on digital music sites for those who followed the rap movement in the past, some songs must be mentioned such as: Rain in 7, I Don't Want to Be Big, Come With Me, Maybe He's Not Good, ...

He always tries his best to perfect each verse and achieve more success in the artistic path that Ogenus has chosen. Even before coming to the show, Ogenus wasn't a faint name in rap. However, according to many people, Vietnamese Rap for the 9x guy can be considered a playground to be able to "know me", but also open a new door for Ogenus in the current exciting rap environment.

Ogenus is increasingly showing his talent and hard work in the most interested music playground today. Through the positive feedback and recognition from the hip hop fan community, it can be seen that the "water dinosaur" of the BigDaddy team has taken steps in the right direction in his career, showing the thinking and potential of an artist in the future.

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