MC40

MC40
MC40 during the Tainan autograph, 2010
Background information
Birth name	Xue Shi Ling (薛仕凌), Simon
Born	(1983-06-10) June 10, 1983 (age 33)
Occupation(s)	singer, rapper, actor, presenter
Instruments	drums
Years active	2007-present
Labels	Universal Music Taiwan
Associated acts	Da Mouth
Website	Official blog

Xue Shi Ling (born 薛仕凌; pinyin: Xuē Shì Líng), also known as MC40 is a Taiwanese-born Canadian musician, songwriter, lyricist, actor, and television presenter. He is a member of the Taiwanese hip hop band Da Mouth, with DJ Chung Hua, Harry, and Aisa.

MC40 usually writes most of Da Mouth's lyrics on the album and is considered one of the best and fastest rappers in Taiwan with his multi-language rapping ability.

MC40 was born on June 10, 1983 and was raised in Vancouver, Canada. He attended Fu Jen Catholic University Department of English, in New Taipei City, Taiwan. He can speak English and Mandarin fluently.

MC40 signed up under Universal Music Taiwan and formed the group, Da Mouth in 2007. The group released their debut self-titled album Da Mouth on November 26, 2007. The album consists of thirteen songs, in which all the songs (with the exception of the three instrumental songs) are penned by MC40.

The group received the Best Singing Group at the 19th Golden Melody Awards, which was held in the Taipei Arena on July 5, 2008.

On December 19, 2008, Da Mouth released their second album entitled Wang Yuan Kou Li Kou (王元口力口) under the same company. Once again, the album consists of thirteen songs, and almost all of the songs (with the exception of the two instrumental songs and Harry's solo) are written by MC40.

In 2009, MC40 was featured in Chloe Wang's 哥本哈根的童話 album, and rapped on her single entitled "哥本哈根的童話". In addition, he wrote the songs "D.I.S.C.O" and "怪......不怪" by Yungai Hayung and Sky Wu respectively. He also got his acting debut on Possible Love (愛到底) film.

Da Mouth's third album,One Two Three (万凸3) was released on January 23, 2010, under Universal Music Taiwan. The album consists of twelve songs, all written by MC40, excluding the two instrumental songs. The lead track "喇舌" was listed at number 42 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2010.