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Ahmad Malik Wu is a Turkish-Chinese rapper and singer under DIVISION ONE Entertainment and it's subsidiary - DIVISION China, a member of Chinese branch of trainee team DIVISION X, the contestant in upcoming survival show TÜRKIDOL and a former contestant in Russian survival show Produce X101 Russia.
Background[]
Ahmad Malik Wu was born on March 8, 2004 in Istambul, Turkey in multicultural background family. His father is Turkish Chinese, while his mother is Chinese Uyghur. Since his childhood, Ahmad could speak in: native Turkish, advanced Chinese and a little bit of Uyghur. He lived in Turkey until 2017, when he along with his family moved to Xinjiang, China. Ahmad didn't lived there for long, because he auditioned to DIVISION ONE Entertainment. Because that he passed the auditions, he moved to Moscow, Russia to do his training. In 2019, he participated in Russian survival show Produce X101 Russia. Unfortunatelly, Ahmad was eliminated in Episode 11 ranking 22nd place. Despite his elimination, he remained in agency. In 2021, Ahmad was one of the rumored trainees to debut as DIVICE. However, on December 21, 2021 he stated in his Instagram post: "I'd like to debut with the boys (DIVICE, then DIVISION X's members), but I want to improve my idol skills that I've learn through Produce X101 Russia and my recent training. However, I will not leave the agency". On January 12, 2022, Ahmad informed through his Instagram and Weibo that he will participate in 1st Turkish survival show - TURKIDOL, which is set to be aired in Summer 2022 and it is a Turkic version of UNDER NINETEEN.
Background[]
- Ahmad can speak: Turkish (native), Chinese (advanced), Korean (advanced), Russian (fluent) and Uyghur (basic). He is currently learning English, Japanese and French.
- Despite his Turkic descent, he isn't Muslim. His faith is Atheist.
- Ahmad is the first artist, who doesn't support LGBT. However, he isn't homophobic.
- He was supposed to debut in project group consisted of Produce X101 Russia's contestants ranked 21th-27th places. However, Ahmad declined the proposistion.
- He is half-Turkish, quarter-Chinese, quarter-Uyghur, but Ahmad calls himself as Turkish-Chinese.
- He has a first-degree black belt in taekwondo. Ahmad used to practise karate also.
- Despite that Ahmad speaks fluently Korean, he hasn't recived Korean citzenship. However, he can legally stay in Korea.
- He has a girlfriend - Kaya Mirzan, who participated in Produce 101 Russia. She is also based in South Korea. Unlike him, she didn't auditioned for DIVISION ONE.
- When they are hanging, they prefer to speak in Turkish and Chinese. However, they sometimes speak in Korean.
- His parents still live in Xinjiang, China.
- Ahmad has a younger sister - Naya.
- He is good friends with June of DIVICE.
Filmography[]
- Produce X101 Russia (Mnet, Bridge TV; 2019) - contestant
- TÜRKIDOL (TBA; 2022) - contestant