Iraj
Iraj Weeraratne is a Sri Lankan born musician or rather the maestro of hip-hop music in the island. At the tender age of 16 years, he won the best keyboardist title in Sri Lanka awarded by Guildhall music school and came rolling in to the local music scene when he collaborated with Ranidu Lankage and Yauwana Wigneswaran and formed “Zealots” when he was schooling in Royal College, Sri Lanka. They also released their first original “Love you so” in 1998 and received airplay on local radio stations. After this Iraj teamed up with Ruki and Urban Sound (Krishan –Nas-t & Gajan- Capitol G) to work on another original called “SRI LANKA 2030”, this was a song foreseeing the future of the nation. After a short break he joined hands with Krishan (Nas-t) and Ruki for the hit single “Roots”. This was the song that revolutionized local music as it crossed borders and received airplay on all continents. This was featured on the UK ASIAN charts on BBC radio 1 at no 18 hosted by Asian DJ’s Bobby Friction and Nihal.
This was the beginning of a new era of Sri Lankan hip-hop & urban music as Iraj together with Krishan and other members of the band introduced this new trend in Asian hip-hop as they blended Sri Lanka beats, Sinhalese and Tamil raps and launched this raw new flavor.
Discography Singless - SL 2030 - 1998
Iraj, Urban Sound & Ruki feat: Samantha
Written by Krishan, Ruki & Gajan - DOWN DIRTY - 2000
Iraj, Ruki feat: Gresha - Roots -2002
A song that talked about hip-hop music with an Asian twist which captured many hearts and was a tune that was hummed or sung by many youths around the globe. It was No 1 on the Sun fm TOP 40 for four consecutive weeks, No 1 on TNL SL TOP 10 for two weeks. no 18 on the UK Asian charts of BBC Radio 1.
Performed by
Iraj, Krishan feat: Gresha & Ruki
Written by Krishan & Ruki - ILL Noize - 2003
This was no 2 on the SUN FM Top 40 and No 5 on the BBC Radio 1 UK Asian charts.
Performed by
Iraj feat:Ruki
Written by Ruki - J-Town Story - 2004
Performed by
Iraj, Krishan feat: Yauwanan & Infaas
Written by Krishan & Yauwanan - Ahankara nagare -2004
It's Punjabi remix time, as Iraj experimented this growing trend of music with Ranidu's R&B track, this eventually turned out an instant hit on local radio stations. This was featured on Ranidu's new album "Diviyapura". This held the crown on charts for nearlly four months.
Remixed by
Iraj - Ran Ran Ran
Hoping to enter the Sinhala mass market with a bang Iraj joined hands with Sinhala pop star Sangeeth on this track and also collaborated a Tamil flavour with Krishan to bring you this Poppy yet very catchy tune Ran Ran Ran!!!! This was the first ever Tri-lingual track to be produced in the country. This is currently holding the no 4 position on local Sinhala radio station chart shows. The video for ran ran ran will be released on the 15th November on all local TV Stations.
Performed by
Iraj, Krishan feat: Sangeeth and Static K-9
Written by Krishan, Vasantha Duganawara
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