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{{short description|Burmese singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Hlwan Paing}}
{{Infobox person
| name             = Hlwan Paing
| native_name      = လွှမ်းပိုင်
| native_name_lang = my
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| birth_name       = Hlwan Paing
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=y|1989|03|01}}
| birth_place      = [[Taunggyi]], Myanmar
| occupation       = {{hlist| Singer-songwriter | rapper | actor | gaming streamer }}
| nickname   = MC Hlwan Paing, Bo Paing Gyi
| height     = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
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| alma_mater = [[Technological University, Thanlyin]]
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| relatives  = [[Kyaw Hsu]] (brother)
| module     = {{infobox musical artist| embed = yes
| genre           = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| instruments     = Vocals
| years_active    = 2005–present
| associated_acts = [[Bobby Soxer (singer)|Bobby Soxer]], [[Ye Lay]], [[Yair Yint Aung]]
}}
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'''Hlwan Paing''' ({{langx|my|လွှမ်းပိုင်}}; born 1 March 1989) is a Burmese singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is considered one of the most successful Burmese singers, and rose to fame with his debut album ''Done Pyan'' (Rocket), which was a duo album with [[Bobby Soxer (singer)|Bobby Soxer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/entertainment/hip-hop-silver-screen|date=26 June 2015|title=From hip hop to silver screen|access-date=21 August 2017|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008042050/http://elevenmyanmar.com/entertainment/hip-hop-silver-screen|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bsox">{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmarcuties.com/2016/04/popular-singer-couple-hlwan-paing-and.html|title=Popular Singer Couple Hlwan Paing And Bobby Soxer|publisher=Myanmar Celebrities|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmhiphopchannel.com/2010/09/interview-with-hlwan-paing.html|date=26 September 2010|title=Interview With Hlwan Paing(Biography)|publisher=Myanmar HipHop Channel|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> Hlwan Paing is also an active [[Online streamer|gaming streamer]] and started online streaming in 2018 by using his online alias '''Bo Paing Gyi'''.<ref>{{cite news |title= Quad Camera၊ 8 GB RAM နှင့်အတူ 5,000 mAh ဘက်ထရီ တို့ပါဝင်သောOPPO A9 2020 နှင့် A5 2020 ကို ပြည်တွင်းတွင် တရားဝင် မိတ်ဆက်|url=https://yoyarlay.com/3we975xl/ |work=Yoyarlay Digital Media and News |date=20 September 2019|language=my}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mobile Legends Gamer များအတွက်အမိုက်စားသီဆိုလိုက်တဲ့ လွှမ်းပိုင်နဲ့ မိစန္ဒီရဲ့ Burning Legends |url=https://lotaya.mpt.com.mm/news/d/entertainment/23892 |work=Lotaya |date=30 January 2019 |language=my}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=အရမ်းမိုက်တဲ့ ရုပ်ရှင်ကားတစ်ကားရိုက်ဖို့ ရှိတဲ့အကြောင်းပြောသွားတဲ့ လွှမ်းပိုင် |url=https://cantwait2say.com/အရမ္းမိုက္တဲ့-ရုပ္ရွင္က/ |work=CantWait2Say |date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Hlwan Paing was born on 1 March 1989 in [[Taunggyi]], [[Shan State]], Myanmar. He is the youngest son of three siblings. His elder brother [[Kyaw Hsu]] is also an actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trend.com.mm/20553/%e1%80%a1%e1%80%86%e1%80%af%e1%80%ad%e1%80%b1%e1%80%90%e1%80%ac%e1%80%b9-%e1%80%9c%e1%82%8a%e1%80%99%e1%80%b9%e1%80%b8%e1%80%95%e1%80%ad%e1%80%af%e1%80%84%e1%80%b9%e1%80%9b%e1%80%b2%e1%82%95-%e1%80%a1/|title=အဆိုတော် လွှမ်းပိုင်ရဲ့ အသက်တစ်နှစ်ကျော်သာ ကြီးသော ကျော်ဆု ရုပ်ရှင်ကားကြီး စရိုက်|work=Trend Myanmar Magazine|date=18 December 2015|access-date=1 February 2018|language=my|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516174335/https://trend.com.mm/20553/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%86%E1%80%AF%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B9-%E1%80%9C%E1%82%8A%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B2%E1%82%95-%E1%80%A1/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He graduated from [[Technological University, Thanlyin]].
== Music career ==
Hlwan Paing began his career as part of the underground group "89" while still in school, collaborating on songwriting and vocals. Subsequently, he was approached by [[Ah Boy (Burmese singer)|Ah Boy]], the leader of the Rock$tar group, and was invited to become the final member of Rock$tar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmarpages.com/entertainment-news/ရွက္သလိုလို-ခံစားရတာေၾက/|title=Hlwan Paing Interview|work=Myanmar Page News|access-date=16 September 2017|language=my}}</ref> Since then, Hlwan Paing has begun collaborating with mainstream artists. Renowned for his distinctive approach to music creation, songwriting, and rap delivery, he became known as Myanmar's sole recognized twister, showcasing his unique flair for rapid-fire lyrical delivery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmhiphopchannel.com/2010/09/interview-with-hlwan-paing.html|title=Interview With Hlwan Paing|work=Myanmar Hip Hop Channel|date=26 September 2010|access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref>
In 2009, Hlwan Paing was selected as one of the highlighted artists for [[Ye Lay]]'s track "Ma Nhoute Sat Chin Bu" (Do Not Want To Say Good Bye), featured on the album "Tat Ta Ya Kar Yan" (Third Rhyme), where he showcased his hip-hop rap skills.<ref name="hp">{{cite web|url=http://www.themeltingpot4u.com/2013/10/blog-post_8572.html|date=13 October 2013|title=လွှမ်းပိုင်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း|work=The Voice Weekly|access-date=16 September 2017|language=my}}</ref> He catapulted to fame in the music scene with his smash hits "Done Pyan" and "Bo Kay," both featured on the "Done Pyan" album. Additionally, tracks like "Uptown Girl," linked with [[Yair Yint Aung]], "A Girl of a Boy," associated with [[Bunny Phyoe]], and "The Letter For Friend," released as a single, gained widespread popularity among teenage audiences.<ref>{{cite news|title=Popular Singer Couple Hlwan Paing And Bobby Soxer|url=http://cele.apps.zofate.com/2018/12/21/popular-singer-couple-hlwan-paing-and-bobby-soxer/|work=Cele World Myanmar}}</ref>
On November 21, 2011, he released the collaborative album ''Done Pyan'' (Rocket) alongside his partner Bobby Soxer, which included songs like "Done Pyan" and "Bo Kay."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/entertainment/bobby-soxer-release-solo-album-next-month|title=Bobby Soxer to release solo album next month|work=[[Eleven Media Group]]|date=2 February 2015|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917123429/http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/entertainment/bobby-soxer-release-solo-album-next-month|archive-date=17 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Done Pyan'' received the prestigious "Best Music Album Award" from both Shwe FM and City FM.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} Hlwan Paing and Bobby Soxer donated 1 million Myanmar kyats from the proceeds of a gold prize to support orphan children through the Thu Kha Yike Myone charity organization.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} Hlwan Paing delved into commercial advertisements, stage performances, and concerts across Myanmar. He collaborated with Bobby Soxer and [[Eaint Chit]] on the song "Ko Ko," which went on to win the esteemed "Best Music Award" at the Shwe FM Music Award.<ref name="bsox"/>
On June 8, 2014, Hlwan Paing unveiled his debut solo album titled "Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing." Following this success, the follow-up video album was released on February 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmarceleb.com/2016/02/the-press-launch-of-well-known-hiphop.html|title=Hlwan Paing To Release 'Gita Sar So' Karaoke DVD on February 12|work=Myanmar Celebrity News|date=5 February 2016|access-date=17 September 2017}}</ref> One of the tracks from that album, "Min Ye Kyaw Swar Bo Nay Toe," was subsequently adapted into a film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shwechitthu.com/2014/12/blog-post_705.html|title=ပရိသတ်အားပေးမှုများစွာ ရရှိအောင်မြင်ခဲ့သည့် "ဂီတစာဆို လွှမ်းပိုင်"|work=Shwe Chitthu|access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref>
He released his second solo album, "Gita Bay Da" on 24 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/?p=30537|title=ကျွန်တော့်ကိုမကြိုက်သည် ကြိုက်သည်က ပရိသတ်ကဆုံးဖြတ်မှာပါ လွှမ်းပိုင်|work=Popular Journal|date=5 June 2017 |access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/?p=31175|title=သီချင်း 18ပုဒ်နဲ့အတူပွဲထွက်လာတဲ့လွှမ်းပိုင်ရဲ့ဂီတဗေဒ|work=Popular Journal|date=27 June 2017 |access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/gtbd-hlwan-paing|title=G.T.B.D by Hlwan Paing|work=Yangon Life|date=29 June 2017|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109205512/http://yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/gtbd-hlwan-paing|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Acting career ==
Hlwan Paing has been involved in presenting and acting in a travel documentary series titled ''Let's Go'', alongside fellow artists such as Bunny Phyoe, Kyaw Htut Swe, [[Nann Thuzar]], Nan Myat Phyo Thin, and Bobby Soxer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.today-myanmar.com/press-conference-on-lets-go-program/|title=Press conference on Let's Go Program – TODAY|date=13 March 2014|publisher=today-myanmar.com|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009192010/http://www.today-myanmar.com/press-conference-on-lets-go-program/|archive-date=9 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmarcelebrity.com/2014/05/lets-go-to-brazil-tv-program-promotion.html|title="LET'S GO TO BRAZIL" TV PROGRAM PROMOTION|publisher=myanmarcelebrity.com|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/entertainment/best-malaysia-comes-alive-%E2%80%98let%E2%80%99s-go%E2%80%99|title=The best of Malaysia comes alive in 'Let's Go' – Eleven Myanmar|publisher=elevenmyanmar.com|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228054705/http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/entertainment/best-malaysia-comes-alive-%E2%80%98let%E2%80%99s-go%E2%80%99|archive-date=28 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2016-12/10/content_27632218.htm|title=Myanmar TV stars to produce traveling programs in China|work=China Daily|date=10 December 2016|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>
Hlwan Paing made his acting debut by securing a leading role in the 2016 film ''Old Jacket'', where he starred alongside [[Khin Wint Wah]].<ref name="act">{{cite web|url=http://www.shwechitthu.com/2015/04/blog-post_354.html|work=Shwe Chitthu|title=လတ်တလောမှာ ဂျာကင်ဟောင်းလေး ဆိုတဲ့ကားကိုအဆိုတော်လွှမ်းပိုင်နဲ့အတူပါ၀င်သရုပ်ဆောင်နေပါတယ်|access-date=16 September 2017|language=my}}</ref> Following ''Old Jacket'', Hlwan Paing starred in his second film, ''67 Plaza'', alongside Kaew Korravee. The film was released in June 2018.<ref name="act3">{{cite web|url=http://kmtnewss.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-post_454.html|title=ထိုင်းမင်းသမီး နဲ့ ရုပ်ရှင် ဇာတ်ကား ရိုက်ကူးမယ့် လွှမ်းပိုင်|work=KMT News|access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref>
He made his big-screen debut in the 2018 Burmese film ''Kyway'', where he starred alongside [[Ei Chaw Po]] and [[Tyron Bejay]]. The film, based on the novel ''Pyaw Tine Yone Tak Pote Thin Nyo'' by Min Lu, was directed by Thar Nyi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/?p=31258|title=လွှမ်းပိုင်ရဲ့'ကြွေ' ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကားရုံတင်ပြသတော့မည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း|work=Popular Journal|date=28 June 2017 |access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref><ref name="act2">{{cite web|url=http://yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/remake-movie-“kywae”|work=Yangon Life|title=Remake of the movie "Kywae"|date=11 July 2016|access-date=16 September 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmarcelewiki.com/2017/08/blog-post31hlwanpaing.html|title=လူငယ်ဆိုတွေလည်း ပြောဆိုနေတာတွေ တွေ့ရတော့ ဒေါသဖြစ်မိပေမယ့် နေတတ်သွားပါပြီဆိုတဲ့ လွှမ်းပိုင်|work=Myanmar Cele Wiki|access-date=16 September 2017|language=my}}</ref><ref name="hp"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmarpages.com/entertainment-news/%e1%80%9c%e1%82%8a%e1%80%99%e1%80%b9%e1%80%b8%e1%80%95%e1%80%ad%e1%80%af%e1%80%84%e1%80%b9%e1%82%8f%e1%80%bd%e1%80%84%e1%80%b9%e1%80%b7%e1%80%b1%e1%80%90%e1%80%bc%e1%82%95%e1%80%86%e1%80%b6%e1%80%af/|title=လွှမ်းပိုင်နှင့်တွေ့ဆုံ|work=Myanmar Page News|access-date=16 September 2017|language=my}}</ref>
He continued his acting career in the 2018 drama film ''Nga Ko Nann Tae Mone Tine'' (The Storm That Kissed Me), where he played the lead role alongside [[Phway Phway]] and [[Yair Yint Aung]]. Hlwan Paing's portrayal of the character garnered praise from fans, who commended his acting performance and interpretation, leading to a resurgence in his popularity.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naing |first1=Su Hmuu |title=သရုပ်ဆောင် တေးသံရှင် လွှမ်းပိုင်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း |url=https://news-eleven.com/article/64831 |work=[[Eleven Media Group]] |date=26 December 2018 |language=my}}</ref>
In the same year, Hlwan Paing took on the male lead role in the film ''Ko Saung Nat'', co-starring Khin Wint Wah and [[Htoo Aung]]. Directed by Win Lwin Htet, the film's screenplay was also written by Hlwan Paing himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/?p=26910|title=ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား ပရိုဂျူဆာဖြစ်သွားတဲ့ လွှမ်းပိုင်|work=Popular Journal|date=26 January 2017 |access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref><ref name="act4">{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/?p=27167|title=ရိုက်ကူးနေတာ ၁၀ရက် ရှိပြီ ဖြစ်တဲ့ "ကိုယ်စောင့်နတ်" ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကားကြီး|work=Popular Journal|date=6 February 2017 |access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popularmyanmar.com/?p=26739|title=လွှမ်းပိုင် ဇာတ်လမ်းရေးသားထားတဲ့ ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား ကန်တော့ပွဲ|work=Popular Journal|date=23 January 2017 |access-date=17 September 2017|language=my}}</ref>
== Brand Ambassadorships ==
Hlwan Paing was appointed as brand ambassador of Ve Ve on February 28, 2015, and also as brand ambassador of Vivo-Y55 smart phone in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/20th-anniversary-ve-ve|title=20th anniversary of Ve Ve|work=Yangon Life|date=6 March 2017|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109205447/http://www.yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/20th-anniversary-ve-ve|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apkandroid.site/play/video/id_P08-Nu8L5WE|title=လွှမ်းပိုင် နှင့် Vivo Y55 မိတ်ဆက်ပွဲ – Hlwan Paing & Vivo Y55 Promotion|work=Hlwan Paing|access-date=17 September 2017|language=my|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917131831/http://www.apkandroid.site/play/video/id_P08-Nu8L5WE|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Hlwan Paing had been in a relationship with hip-hop singer Bobby Soxer since 2009, but they parted ways in 2023 after being together for 14 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shwemom.com/hlwan-paing-bobby-soxer-8-years-anniversary/|title=ချစ်သူသက်တမ်း (၈) နှစ်ပြည့်သွားတဲ့ Hlwan Paing နဲ့ Bobby Soxer|work=Shwe Mom|date=19 May 2017|access-date=17 September 2017|language=my|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917124505/http://www.shwemom.com/hlwan-paing-bobby-soxer-8-years-anniversary/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the breakup, Hlwan Paing entered into a relationship with actress [[Nan Su Yati Soe]].
== Awards ==
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|+
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year{{efn|Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.}}
! scope="col" | Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! rowspan= "2"|[[Yangon City FM Awards|City FM awards]]
| 2014
| Hlwan Paing
| "Most Popular Male Vocalist Award of Year"
| {{won}}
|  <ref name="auto1">https://www.ycdc.gov.mm/content.php?page=CityFMsongs. {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''Gita Bay Da''
| "Best Selling Stereo Music Album Male Vocalist of the Year"
| {{won}}
|  <ref name="auto1"/>
|-
! rowspan= "2"| [[Shwe FM]] awards
| 2013
| ''Done Pyan''
| rowspan= "2"|"Best Selling Album of Year"
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing''
| {{won}}
|
|-
! rowspan= "3"| Myanmar Music Awards
| rowspan= "3"| 2014
| rowspan= "2"|''Ko Ko''
| "Best Rap Song of the Monsoon (Artist Choice Award)"
| {{won}}
| <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.myanmarceleb.com/2014/10/winners-of-myanmar-music-awards-2014.html|title=Winners of Myanmar Music Awards 2014|website=Myanmar Celebrity News&#124; Gossip&#124; Fashion&#124; Entertainment&#124; Photos&#124; Videos}}</ref>
|-
| "Freshest Rap Song of the Monsoon (People Choice Award)"
| {{won}}
| <ref name="auto"/>
|-
| ''Ngar Doe Way''
| "Best MTV Award"
| {{won}}
|
|-
{{end}}
== Filmography ==
=== Film (Cinema) ===
* ''[[The Storm that Kissed Me]]'' ({{lang|my|ငါ့ကိုနမ်းတဲ့မုန်တိုင်း}}) (2018)
* ''[[Kyway]]'' ({{lang|my|ကြွေ}}) (2018)<ref name="act2"/>
* ''[[My Rowdy Angel]]'' ({{lang|my|ကိုယ်စောင့်နတ်}}) (2018)<ref name="act4"/>
* ''[[Yat Kyaw Ywar Kyaw]]'' ({{lang|my|ရပ်ကျော်ရွာကျော်}}) (2019)<ref name="act2"/>
* ''Ka Gyee Kha Khway'' ({{lang|my|ကကြီး ခခွေး}}) (2023)
=== Film ===
* ''Old Jacket'' ({{lang|my|ဂျာကင်ဟောင်းလေး}}) (2016)<ref name="act"/>
* ''67 Plaza'' ({{lang|my|67 ပလာဇာ}}) (2018)<ref name="act3"/>
* ''Yat Kyaw Ywar Kyaw'' ({{lang|my|ရပ်ကျော်ရွာကျော်}}) (TBA)
== Discography ==
=== Solo albums ===
* ''Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing'' ({{lang|my|ဂီတစာဆိုလွှမ်းပိုင်}}) (2014)<ref name="hlwan paing ">Hlwan Paing [https://globalchitko.blogspot.com/2014/08/album-2014.html?m=1&tag=visit Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing]</ref>
* ''Gita Bay Da'' ({{lang|my|ဂီတဗေဒ}}) (2017)<ref name="gtbd">GTBD [https://dj-mazamp3.com/album/1265171332/Gita-Bay-Da.html Music Album-Hlwan Paing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916183225/https://dj-mazamp3.com/album/1265171332/Gita-Bay-Da.html |date=16 September 2017 }}</ref>
=== Duo albums ===
* ''Done Pyan'' ({{lang|my|ဒုံးပျံ}}) (2011)<ref name="album">Album [https://www.myanmarmp3.net/albums/pull/904/done-pyan Done Pyan Music Album-Hlwan Paing]</ref>
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Facebook|100007836518552}}
* {{Instagram|emchlwanpaing}}
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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Burmese male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Burmese male singers]]
[[Category:Burmese singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Male rappers]]
[[Category:Burmese rappers]]
[[Category:People from Taunggyi]]
[[Category:City FM Award winners]]
[[Category:Burmese pop singers]]