Hong Kong’s Rebel Pop Star
After winning a major talent competition, Denise Ho became one of the biggest names of the Cantopop music scene in Hong Kong but she risked it all to protest for democracy.
In 2014, Denise Ho was a Cantopop music sensation. After winning a major talent competition, she became one of the biggest stars in Hong Kong's music scene and beyond. But when pro-democracy protesters took to the streets that year, she joined in not only on the streets but by singing a song that became the anthem of the movement, an act that would put her career in jeopardy.
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Image and credit: Denise Ho
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