Ma Tianyu (Chinese: 马天宇; pinyin: Ma Tiānyǔ), born July 12, 1986 in Dezhou, Shandong, China is a Hui mandopop singer, actor, and model who rose to fame after winning sixth place and "most popular" at the 2006 'My Hero' competition, a Chinese talent competition. Since then, he has released two albums, a single, and an EP. Ma Tianyu's mother died when he was five, and his father left the family while he was young. He lived with his grandparents and two older sisters until the age of sixteen. Read more on Last.fm