Kris Wu, Canadian-Chinese singer-songwriter
Wu Yi Fan (Chinese: 吴亦凡,
pronounced [ǔ î fân]; born 6 November 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Chinese-Canadian rapper, singer, actor, record producer, and model. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM Entertainment, before leaving the group in 2014.Wu is active as a solo artist and actor in Mainland China and has starred in several No. 1 box office hits including Mr. Six (2015) and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017), which are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in China. He made his Hollywood debut in XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017).
On 31 July 2021, Wu was detained by Beijing police on rape allegations. On 16 August 2021, the People's Procuratorate of Chaoyang District of Beijing approved his arrest on suspicion of rape.
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and the prime ministry, and is succeeded as both by John Major.