A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

For this episode of Talking Taiwan, I stopped by the CMJ 2014 Taiwan Music Express press conference to interview Dwagie (大支), one of the hip hop artists who will be performing at the CMJ Music Taiwan Night Showcase in October. Dwagie is known for writing about social issues and most notably has collaborated with the Dalai Lama.

Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

Where Dwagie's name comes from and what it means
Dwagie's early musical influences
How Dwagie grew up listening to the music of Nas
How Dwagie will be collaborating with Nas
How Dwagie has met and worked with the Dalai Lama
Many of Dwagie's songs are about social issues like Facebook and the Sunflower Movement
Why Dwagie writes songs about social issues
Dwagie has written songs about stray animals and is a vegetarian
Dwagie's experience and involvement with the Wild Strawberries Movement and Sunflower Movement
How the Sunflower Movement has impacted Taiwan's society
Who Dwagie will be collaborating with next
Dwagie's advice to aspiring musicians

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Ep 50 | A Conversation with Dwagie at the CMJ 2014 Taiwan Music Express press conference

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Ep 50 | A Conversation with Dwagie at the CMJ 2014 Taiwan Music Express press conference