He was overweight while a university student, but achieved a slim figure prior to his participation in The Voice of China through a strict diet.
[1] In 2012, Li took part in the first season of The Voice of China, singing Wanting Qu's You Exist in My Song (我的歌声里), and was selected to join the team of mentor Liu Huan.
[4] In July 2013, while promoting his 3rd solo album "There is No 'Just Nice' in Love" (2013), Li came out as a gay man, and gained overwhelming support from netizens on China's popular microblogging site Sina Weibo.
[7] He was released from prison in December 2014, after serving seven months, earlier than his original nine-month sentence, due to good behavior.
In 2017, Li released his 5th studio album entitled "Come, I'm Here" (2017), under the label Dream Ring Entertainment, which included one song in English.