MC HotDog's career began when he was a student at
Fu Jen Catholic University, which he attended from 1996 to 2001. During this period, he self-published his music through the website "Master U". These songs attracted significant attention from the Mandarin-speaking hip hop community, leading HotDog to be regarded as Taiwan's first underground rap artist. After performing at a 1999 concert, HotDog was introduced by the venue owner to figures from the Magic Stone Music label. He subsequently signed with Big Circus Music Studio, a subsidiary of Magic Stone that also represented artists like
Dwagie, in 2000. Through Big Circus, HotDog released a sequence of four
EPs throughout 2001, which collectively sold over 300,000 copies. He also performed at the
17th Golden Melody Awards in 2006. MC HotDog released his first studio album,
Wake Up, in January 2006. HotDog also followed the album's release with an April 2006 solo concert at
Taipei World Trade Center II. MC HotDog followed
Wake Up with the 2008 album
Mr. Almost and the 2012 album
Poverty Million Star. In 2017, MC HotDog joined the cast of reality competition show
The Rap of China as a judge. He continued to serve in this role for the show's second and third seasons. HotDog also appeared as a contestant on the reality show
Call Me by Fire in 2021. MC HotDog served as an instructor for "Rap for Youth" in 2020. MC HotDog won the
Golden Melody Award for Best Male Mandarin Singer in 2024, for his album
Disgusted Artist, as well as the Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist for the song "The Landlord Upstairs". ==Personal life==