X-Boxin
X-Boxin | |
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| Native name | Ye Gaung Phoo ((Burmese:ရဲေခါင္ဖူး)) |
| Birth name | Ye Gaung Phoo |
| Born | 20 May 1992 Myeik, Myanmar |
| Genres | {{Hip hop|Pop|R&B}} |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Associated acts | J-Me |
| Website | [1] |
Ye Gaung Phoo (Burmese:ရဲေခါင္ဖူး born 20 May 1992), known professionally as X-Box, is a Burmese rapper. He gained recognition after competing in underground hip-hop freestyle competitions and collaborating with J-Me.
Early life and education[edit]
X-Box was born on May 20, 1992, in Myeik, Myanmar. He is the youngest among his siblings. He is a practicing Buddhist and has attended No.2 Basic Education High School, Botahtaung.
Music career[edit]
2009 career beginnings[edit]
X-Box started his music career as an underground artist competing in freestyle rap. While performing for a competition he was first contacted by J-Me, a mainstream rapper in Burmese hip-hop and a “Burma Hip-Hop Legend” in the industry. [1][2]
2010-2012[edit]
X-Box gained recognition when he collaborated with J-Me with the song “HIGHEST” from the album "Flow Motion", which was released on 31st, December 2012. He later collaborated on the song “9 Pouk” from the album "9"
2013–2015: Recognition and collaborative success[edit]
X-Box went on to release a collaborative album with various artists including Mi Sandi, Thein Lin Soe and others, which was produced and distributed by BoBo Entertainment. He then released the album "FOUR" on 6th, November 2014 with 3 other artists: Shwe Htoo, Htet Yan, and Lil Z. [3][4]
2016–present: Solo debut and rising popularity[edit]
X-Box launched his first official solo album "9" on 22, May 2016.[5][6] [7] He released his single “Ate Yay Ma Pyat Say Nae (Don't Lose Sleep)” on 9th, October 2016.[8] And “A Pyin Dwe Shouk Ma Twr Nae (Don’t go outside)” in 2017.
X-Box released his second album "99" on 27th, January 2018.[9] His single “Hurt” was released on 8th, September 2018 and a new version of "Hurt" released on 24th, January 2019, featuring Jessica Parry.
Scandals[edit]
X-Box was remanded in custody due to alleged drug possession in 26th, August 2015[10]
Brand ambassadorships[edit]
X-Box was appointed as a brand ambassador for Ve Ve in 2016 and also as a brand ambassador for Oppo in 2017.[11]
Awards[edit]
Best New Rapper Award with the song “Ever New” (Amae Tan Athit) awarded by Myanmar Music Awards (MMA) 2015[12]
Discography[edit]
Solo albums[edit]
- 9 (2016)
- 99 (2018)
Collaborative albums[edit]
- BoBo 3rd year Record Album (2013)
- FOUR (2014)
Mixtapes[edit]
- Flow Motion (2012)
References[edit]
- ↑ "A Master of Hip Hop" (PDF). InDepth Magazine. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ↑ "This Burmese rapper sounds straight outta Compton, with a swagger to match". Pri. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ↑ "New Album release". Kamayut Media. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ ""4 Four" Group preparing for their promotion show". Myanmar Celebrity News. 25 Feb 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "X box to release his DVD album "9 pouk" on May(အဆိုတော် X-Box ၏ 9 DVD အခွေ မေလ၂ဝရက်တွင် ထွက်ရှိမည်)". Mizzima Myanmar News. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "X Box album "9" Album Promotion Show Held At Junction Mawtin". Myanmar Celebrity News. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "X Box's 9 album (X Box ရဲ႕ ကိုးေပါက္)". May 21, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ↑ "X Box doesn't want fans to lose sleep". Kamayut Media. October 14, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ↑ "X Box to release his new album "99" this month on 27th(အဆိုေတာ္ X - Box ရဲ႕ " 99 ေပါက္ " အေခြ ဒီလ(၂၇)ရက္ထြက္မည္)". Myanmar Celebrity News. 22 Feb 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Local rapper X-Box faces drugs charge". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
- ↑ "Oppo brand Ambassador(အရွိန္ဟုန္ျမင့္မားစြာ တိုးတက္ေနသည့္္နည္းပညာကမၻာႀကီးတြင္ လူဦးေရသန္းေပါင္း200ေက်ာ္က ေရြးခ်ယ္သုံးစြဲေနသည့္စမတ္ဖုန္းအမွတ္တံဆိပ္အေၾကာင္း)". Akhayar. 13 Dec 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "X-box won best new rapper award at Myanmar Music Awards". Mizzima. 20 Feb 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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