Kris Wu
Wu Yi Fan
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Who is this?
Wu Yi Fan (born Li Jiaheng, November 6, 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Chinese-born Canadian convicted rapist and former rapper, singer and actor. He was a member of South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM Entertainment until he left the group in 2014. Wu was active as a solo artist and actor in mainland China, starring in a number of box office hits including Mr. Six and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back. He made his Hollywood debut in the 2017 action film XXX: Return of Xander Cage. In 2021, after rape allegations emerged on Chinese social media, Wu was investigated by the Chinese authorities. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced by a Chinese court on November 25, 2022, to 13 years of imprisonment for raping three intoxicated women and was separately fined CN¥600 million (US$84 million) for tax evasion. In November 2023, he lost an appeal of the rape trial. He will be deported from China after serving his sentence.
Career
- 1990Born
- 2012Member of EXO
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Guangzhou
- •Citizenship: Canada, People's Republic of China
- •Known as: singer, film actor, actor, model
- •Genre: C-pop, hip-hop, contemporary R&B
- •Plays: voice