Ah Boy
Ah Boy (Burmese: အာဘွိုင်း; born Kyaw Phyo Tun; on 13 January 1986) is a Burmese hip hop singer-songwriter, pioneer of the third generation of Burmese hip hop and businessman.[1] He is the lead vocalist of the popular Burmese hip hop band Rock$tar.[2][3][4]
Ah Boy | |
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အာဘွိုင်း | |
Ah Boy in 2019 | |
Born | Kyaw Phyo Tun 13 January 1986 |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter, businessman |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Spouse(s) | Cindy
(m. 2006; div. 2012)Myat Yadanar Kyaw (m. 2017) |
Children | Juliet Jewel Scarlett Phyo Tun |
Parent(s) | Sein Wan Myint Zu Htun |
Musical career | |
Genres | Hip hop |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2002–present |
Associated acts | Rock$tar |
Early life and education
Ah Boy was born on 13 January 1986 in Myeik, Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar to Burmese-Chinese descent parents.[2] He is the eldest son of Burmese business tycoon Sein Wan and his wife Myint Zu Htun. His father Sein Wan, from Mawlamyine, is of Burmese-Chinese descent. He has an younger sister and an younger brother. He is a nephew of actor Lwin Moe. His family moved to Yangon from Myeik at his age 3. He attended high school at International School of Myanmar (ISM) and also educated in Practising School Yangon Institute of Education.
Career
Music career
Ah Boy started his music career in 2002, while still a student. Shortly after, he became a member of the hip hop boy band Rock$tar and released songs and mix-tapes, collaborating with Rock$tar's members. Since then he has worked with mainstream artists. He is also active as a solo singer and launched his debut album Ta Yoke Tan (Chinatown) in 2007. His name was disappeared for some years when he was busy with his business.
Business
His family is owns many business in Myanmar, include Myanmar Lighting – IPP Co., Ltd and Bedok Construction and Engineering Co., Ltd. He is the Managing director of both Myanmar Lighting – IPP Co., Ltd and Bedok Construction and Engineering Co., Ltd.[5] He is also a director of Southern Myanmar Development Co., Ltd.[6]
Ah Boy is also a co-owner of FUSE, a huge club in Yangon.[2]
Discography
Solo albums
- Ta Yoke Tan (တရုတ်တန်း) (2007)
- Songs on JOOX Myanmar
Personal life
Ah Boy married to singer Cindy in 2006. They have two daughters and divorced in 2012.
On 23 June 2012, Ah Boy relationship with actress San Yati Moe Myint, but they broke up relationship after some years.[7]
In 2016, Ah Boy relationship with model Myat Yadanar Kyaw and they married on 21 December 2017.[8] Myat gave birth to their first daughter Scarlett Phyo Tun in 2018.
References
- Khine, Lin Lin (8 July 2019). "An Interview wth Ah-Boy". Eleven Media Group.
- Khine, Lin Lin (28 June 2019). "အခုတော့ မိသားစုအတွက်ပဲ အရာအားလုံး ပြောင်းလဲထားတယ်လို့ဆိုသူ တေးသံရှင် Ah – Boy ရဲ့ ငယ်စဉ်ဘဝ အမှတ်တရဖြတ်သန်းရာ". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese).
- "Rock Star အဖွဲ့က Ah boy ကို ပရိသတ်တွေ မှတ်မိနေကြဦးမှာပါ". Yatanarpon News (in Burmese). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "သူ့ရဲ့တာဝန်မကျေခဲ့မှုနဲ့ပတ်သက်ပြီး ဖွင့်ဟလာတဲ့ Ah boy". Myanmar Hip Hop Channel (in Burmese). 18 February 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "အာဘွိုင်း … စီးပွားရေးပဲ လုပ်တော့မယ်". The Irrawaddy. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "အိမ်ထောင်ကွဲဖူးတဲ့ လူတစ်ယောက်မှာ အချစ်သစ် မတွေ့ရဖူးလို့ ဘယ်ဥပဒေမှာမှ ပြဋ္ဌာန်းမထားပါဘူး အာဘွိုင်း". Yatanarpon (in Burmese). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "San Yati Moe Myint Falls in Love with Ah Boy". Myanmar Celebrity News. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "ထိုင်းမှာ Pre wedding ရိုက်ကူးနေတဲ့ Ah-boy တို့စုံတွဲ". Shwe Mon (in Burmese). 26 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.