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Hlwan Paing (Burmese: လွှမ်းပိုင်; born 1 March 1989) is a well-known Burmese singer, songwriter, actor and model. He is best known for his hip hop music and who awarded of the Most Popular Male Vocalist of Year 2014 Award given by City FM at 13th City FM Annual Music Awards Ceremony, and The Best Rap song of the Monsoon (Artist Choice Awards) given by Monsoon Myanmar Music Awards Ceremony.

Early life and education

Hlwan Paing was born on 1 March 1989 in Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar. He is an eldest son of three siblings. He graduated from Thanlyin Technological University.

Career

Music career

Hlwan Paing started out on his music career as a member of the underground outfit 89 while still a university student, composing songs and singing together. Shortly after, he was first contacted by Ah Boy, who was a member of Rock$tar group. He became last member of Rock$tar, Burmese hip hop group. Since then he started working with mainstream artists.

He got his big break in 2009 when he was picked as one of the featured artists for Ye Lay's Tat Ta Ya Kar Yan (Third Rhyme) from the album of song Ma Nhoute Sat Chin Bu, he feat hip-hop rapping in song.

Hlwan Paing had released a collaborative album "Done Pyan" (Rocket) with hip-hop singer Bobby Soxer on 21 November 2011. He started endeavoring to be able to produce and distribute a solo album. He launched his debut album "Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing" on 8 June 2014. "Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing" video album was released on 12 February 2016. One popular song of Myanmar, "Min Ye Kyaw Swar Bo Nay Toe"song included in Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing album. Since he has released a solo album and a duet album, participated in many group albums and performed in many concerts.

Hlwan Paing's second album called "Gita Bay Da" was released on 24 June 2017.

Acting career

He has been presenting and acting in a travel documentary called "Let’s Go" together with other artists, Bunny Phyoe, Kyaw Htut Swe, Nan Thu Zar, Nan Myat Phyo Thin, and Bobby Soxer.

While he planned to present in "Let's Go To Europe", an extension of Let's Go Programme, he also started acting his First film, leading role acting with actress Khin Wint Wah, Film named "Old Jacket" (ဂျာကင်ဟောင်းလေး) directed by Aung Zaw Lin, film released in February 2016.

His second film, leading role Hornor movie with Thai actress Kaew Korravee in "67 Plaza", shooting in 2015 but this film will not released until now. In 2016, Hlwan Paing was shooting his third film with actress Ei Chaw Po, film named Kywae (ကြွေ) is was based on novel "Pyaw Tine Yone Tak Pote Thin Nyo" (ပြောတိုင်းယုံတဲ့ပုတ်သင်ညို), written by the author Min Lu, directed by Thar Nyi, this film will be releasing in 2017.

In 2017, Hlwan Paing acting at "Ko Saung Nat" (ကိုယ်စောင့်နတ်), this film directed by Win Lwin Htet, write novel and producer by Hlwan Paing, will be releasing coming.

Advertising

He was appointed as brand ambassador of Ve Ve in 28 February 2015 and also as brand ambassador of Vivo-Y55 smart phone in 2016.

Filmography

Films

  • Old Jacket (ဂျာကင်ဟောင်းလေး) (2016)
  • 67 Plaza (67 ပလာဇာ) (upcoming)
  • Kywae (ကြွေ) (upcoming 2017)
  • Ko Saung Nat (ကိုယ်စောင့်နတ်) (upcoming)

    Discography

    Solo albums

    • Gi Ta Sar So Hlwan Paing (ဂီတစာဆိုလွှမ်းပိုင်) (2014)
    • Gita Bay Da (ဂီတဗေဒ) (2017)

    Collaborative albums

    • Done Pyan (ဒုံးပျံ) (2011)

      Personal life

      Hlwan Paing relationship with Burmese female hip hop singer Bobby Soxer in 17 May 2009.