Huang Zitao [ born 2nd May, 1993 ], better known as Tao, is a Chinese rapper, singer-songwriter, producer, actor and martial artist. He debuted as the lead rapper for the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its Chinese-based sub-unit EXO-M.
According to a music teacher in Shandong Qingdao No.47 Middle School—the school Zitao attended—he was a really shy student who began opening up and becoming popular with his schoolmates after partaking in the school's mini music concert every semester. That same teacher encouraged him to go down the musical path.
On December 27, 2011, Zitao was formally introduced as the third member of Exo (with the stage name Tao) through a teaser posted on S.M. Entertainment's official YouTube channel. He made his first appearance at the SBS Gayo Daejeon event on December 29. In the following years, EXO was met with global success as a group.
In June 2015, Zitao set up an official Chinese agency, 黄子韬Z.TAO Studio. On August 24, he filed a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to terminate his contract. The principal cause of Zitao's exit stemmed from health concerns: mainly the aggravation of an ankle injury sustained at the Idol Star Athletics Championships. During his years as an Exo member, Zitao sustained multiple injuries.
In the summer of 2015 he made his solo debut with his digital mini-album T.A.O with 3 tracks under the newly adapted stage name, Z.Tao. This debut album would proceed to break an unprecedented number of digital sales records by selling a total of 670,000 copies within its first week of release.
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This contains the feels of being one again.
» SHAMELESSLY PROMOTING :
HALO HALO ng EXO : ANG SUSUNOD SA SUMUNOD 2K15
note : contains shameless tagalog jokes.
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