Iraj Weeraratne (born 21 February 1981) is a Sinhalese R&B and hip hop artist and music producer. Weeraratne had a television show on Derana TV called "Iraj Show".[citation needed] He is known as a prominent hip-hop and RnB artist in Sri Lanka. He was the first person to introduce Sinhala rap as well as Tamil rap to Sri Lanka in 2004.[1]
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Born | (1981-02-21) 21 February 1981 (age 41) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Alma mater | Northumbria University, UK |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2003-present |
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His first South Indian composition together with Vijay Anthony featured in the movie Veittakarran starring Kollywood star Vijay and was ranked number one in the Chennai Charts.[2][citation needed]
He won the best keyboardist title which was awarded by Guildhall Music School at the age of 16. He later teamed up with his schoolmates Ranidu Lankage and Yauwana Wigneswaran to form a band titled ‘’Zealots’’ while still studying at the Royal College, Colombo.[3]He owns the Bongohd firm in Bangladesh.[4] In August 2020, he was appointed as the board member of National Youth Service Council by Namal Rajapaksa and he was supposed to serve in the relevant position for a period of three years.[5] However, a year later after his appointment he resigned from the position citing unavoidable poor work-related commitments.[6][7]
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