My Most Admired Person

The person I admire is Wong KaKui. He is a Hong Kong-class musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, and a legendary figure in the Hong Kong music scene. In the rock band Beyond, he worked as a composer, lyricist, rhythm guitar and lead singer and is the soul of the band. His guitar skills are superb and he is very musically talented. The identity of the lead singer and rhythm guitarist is best known. As a band leader, he is good at creating, most of the band's songs are created by him, and his works have greatly improved the band's popularity. He is a recognized superstar in the Hong Kong music scene and a representative of Hong Kong rock music. He is known for his unique hoarse voice and clever tail processing. He is also the second brother of Beyond bass guitarist Huang Jiaqiang.

He was born in Hong Kong on June 10, 1962. Since childhood, he has lived with his family in Suwu Village, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon. He studied at the New Club Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the Four Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and Bo Yun English Middle School. When he was in junior high school, he was influenced by friends and fell in love with European and American pop music. The idol is David Bowie. At about the age of 14-15 years old, he found an guitar that someone had thrown away in the garbage.  Since then, he has had an amazing bond with the instrument. He later used the Fender Stratocaster electric guitar more often.
After graduation, he worked as an office assistant, aluminum window, hardware, air conditioning, hydropower engineer, and a TV set crew member. He joined the band drummer Ye Shirong, at the Deco Insurance Company and worked as an insurance salesman.

In 1980, WongKaKui introduced Ye Shirong through the introduction of the music store owner, who had similar musical interests. Therefore, they formed a band with two friends, Deng Yuqian and Li Rongchao. This band is also the prototype of Beyond. The name Beyond was changed by the first generation of leading guitarist Deng Yuqian, meaning "beyond." Ye Shirong once said: "The name Beyond is not just to surpass others, but to surpass oneself." In 1983, Beyond was formally established created. After years of hard work, Beyond has become the most important band in Hong Kong. In 1988, they finally won the band's top ten songs with the song "The Earth" in the album "Secret Police" and won the band's first electronic media award in 1989, by Wong KaKui, Xiaomei's lyrics Composition to sing the mother's title. Also, Wong KaKui occasionally creates music for other singers. Including: Xu Guanjie, Alan Tam, Mai Jiewen, and Peng Jianxin. Later, Beyond's record company thought that "good works should be left to themselves, fans should listen to Beyond, they should buy Beyond's record" and surpass his work to others. Wong Ka Kui is the soul of Beyond, who writes songs and lyrics for the band's songs from time to time. His role is spoken from time to time and makes bold statements.

On the morning of June 24, 1993, in a lottery rehearsal at Fuji TV in Tokyo, Wong KaKui fell from a 3-meter-high platform and died six days later due to a head injury. Many people still come to Wong KaKui's cemetery to send flowers. Some people brought the guitar to Wong KaKui’s graveyard and sang the band’s classic songs. Twelve years after the death of Wong KaKui, the other three band members of Beyond opened the last concert outside the band in 2005. Many fans still worship him.

Today, many people are singing the song of Wang KaKui. A band from the United States: [Metro] once sang the song of the band [Broad Sky]. When I heard a Chinese amateur singer: Fu Jiu singing the band's classic song, I really think that Huang KaKui is resurrected, because Fu Jiu's voice really looks like Wang KaKui's voice. Many people hope that Wang KaKui will be resurrected. I also hope that he will rise again, but this is no longer possible because people cannot be resurrected after death.