Cool mama: China mother, 40, teaches herself to rap, writes songs then sings to her kids, attracts thousands online

Begins penning rap music in November last year, now has 720,000 followers. Every spare moment used to practice, read tutorials, even in bathroom. — SCMP

A video of a 40-year-old mother of two young children in China who taught herself how to be a rapper and to write original songs, has gone viral.

The full-time homemaker, surnamed Xie, from Sichuan province in southwestern China, has a seven-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son.