Benxi (30 June 1994 – 24 December 2016), also known as Mǎ Xiǎochén or Utaoki, was a Chinese Hui singer-songwriter.[1]
| Benxi | |||||
| Birth Name: | Ma Xiaochen (Chinese: 马晓晨) | ||||
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1994 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | ||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||
| Occupation: | singer-songwriter | ||||
| Other Names: | Utaoki | ||||
| Years Active: | 2011–2016 | ||||
| Website: | Benxi's Weibo Benxi's Douban page | ||||
| Module: |
| ||||
Benxi was born in Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China in June 1994.
In 2011, she began to enter the music scene.[2]
On 30 June 2012, her personal music brand "Go! Go!" was established, which was the first exclusively post-90s music brand in China.
On 24 December 2016, she committed suicide by jumping off a building. Some Chinese media reported that Benxi died of depression in Beijing.[3] [4]