Honestly, we weren’t sure what we were gonna get when we first saw the thumbnail of a video of Zhang Tiegang, a woman from rural Liaoning in China, with a caption declaring her the best rapper in China.
After all, she looked just like any other unassuming auntie. But well, just watch the video, and you’ll totally get it. Tiegang went viral in China after posting this short 18-second video of her rapping along to American rapper A$AP Ferg’s 2017 song 'Plain Jane'Her ability to sound like she's rapping in fluent English, coupled with her impeccable sense of rhythm and swagger, marks a stark contrast to her looks and the countryside view behind her."A tractor on the outside, [but] a Ferrari on the inside,” one netizen gushed, while another wrote: “My gosh, this is simply too impressive.
Netizens have shared that Tiegang actually graduated from a music college in Liaoning, and used to perform as a singer at bars. In early 2020, she began uploading videos on Douyin, and now entertains millions of netizen with her rap covers.