Who is Scor_China?

Scor_China is the Twitch channel of Scor, a German rapper, YouTuber and author who lives in Shenzhen, China, and streams in German, mostly in the Just Chatting category. The channel had about 37,200 followers in October 2026.

Scor was born Tim Oelrich in Bremerhaven in 1989. He became known in China for rapping in Mandarin and appearing on the rap competition Rap for Youth in 2020, and known in Germany for a vlog channel, "Scor in China", that has about 338,000 YouTube subscribers.

His Twitch bio calls him a China rapper and German migrant, and points to a second YouTube channel for stream highlights.

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How did Scor end up in China?

Scor started rapping at 13 in Bremerhaven. After school he spent time in Paris learning French, where he met Chinese people and became curious about China, according to an interview with web.de. He then studied business communication in Berlin, taught himself Mandarin on the side, and did exchange semesters at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

In 2017 he moved to Shenzhen for a marketing job at the logistics company SF Express. The office work did not suit him, and he left in 2018 to rap full time. In his book, he describes the cheap early apartment in Shenzhen as a doghouse.

Rap in Chinese came from a long-running interest. He has said he got hooked on Chinese hip-hop around 2013, and the Shenzhen-based outlet EYESHENZHEN reported that he first heard rap through Eminem. His Chinese stage name is Scor Aoxi, which is also his Instagram handle, scor.aoxi.

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Fortune Code, Rap for Youth and the first albums

The breakthrough came in 2020 with a Mandarin diss track called "Fortune Code", which passed five million views on the Chinese video site Bilibili. That led to an invitation to Rap for Youth, a Bilibili talent show, where he appeared as the only German.

His album "Scorleone" followed in December 2021 on the label Ti'an International. A CGTN profile from August 2022 described him as a five-year Shenzhen resident whose music helped him connect with the city.

In spring 2022 he opened a TikTok account with German-language daily life from Shenzhen. His YouTube video from a Uyghur rapper friend's wedding in Urumqi has more than 830,000 views.

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Social Scor and the book

Scor published an autobiography, "Vom Tellerwaescher zum China Rapper" (From Dishwasher to China Rapper), and released his third album, "Social Scor", in September 2025. German Wikipedia lists the album at number 36 on the German charts.

In the web.de interview he says about 70 percent of "Social Scor" is in German, and that it deals with limits on what artists can say in China. Its music videos include "Brücken" with KDM Shey and "Brain Pudding" with ROC.

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What does Scor stream on Twitch?

The Twitch channel is a live walk-and-talk through Shenzhen. Recent broadcast titles include "Live aus China! Bei Nacht durch mein Viertel!", "Live aus China! Shenzhen Rollertour bei Sonnenschein!" and "Live aus China! Wir entdecken OH Bay zusammen...". A late-September 2026 stream, "Roller-Tour mit UPGRADE quer durch Shenzhen!", ran more than three hours.

In early October 2026 the titles changed to "Live in China", including "Durch meine Hood mit neuer Cam!" and a stream billed as the second-to-last one before a gig in Germany. Before that he ran a short test stream and asked viewers for feedback.

The channel panels set the rules: no political discussions, respect for other cultures and for everyone in chat. The about page also lists a follower goal of 38,000 and a sub goal of 320, with the 250 mark noted as a funny number in Chinese.

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Fun facts about Scor

  • He has a tattoo of the word Shenzhen, according to the Steffen Eggebrecht interview.
  • The Twitch panel for his Chinese-style T-shirt brand, TIAN INTL, says the shirts are made with good quality in Germany.
  • His Instagram bio reads "Chinese Rap Made in Germany" in English and Traditional Chinese.
  • "Fortune Code" passed five million views on Bilibili in 2020, which led to his Rap for Youth invitation.
  • He finished the Arabic course on Duolingo and made a 31-minute video about whether it was worth it.
  • CGTN's 2022 profile said he had found a second home in Shenzhen through music.
  • Tip messages sent through Streamlabs are read aloud on stream, and his bio suggests they can cover a meal in China.

Where to watch Scor

Scor streams live on Twitch as Scor_China. Edited vlogs are on the Scor in China YouTube channel, and music is on a separate channel linked from its description. Instagram carries clips and shop news.

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StreamableRun and Scor_China

StreamableRun is supporting Scor_China's streams, which are live IRL walks and scooter rides through Shenzhen. We are glad to back a streamer who takes German viewers through his neighborhood for hours at a time.