Bahram Nouraei | |
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Born | April 25, 1988 |
Origin | Tehran, Iran |
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Years active | 2001–present |
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Website | www |
Bahram Nouraei (Persian: بهرام نورائی) also professionally known as Bahram (Persian: بهرام) is a hip hop recording artist and record producer from Tehran, Iran. He is one of the premier hip hop artists in Iranian underground music movement and considered to be as one of the 50 most influential people in the culture of the Middle East.
Bahram Nouraei's first breakthrough hit was a political single track called "Nameyee Be Rayees Jomhour" (in English: A letter to the president) in 2007 which was written in the form of an open letter criticizing the sixth president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His debut album "24 Sa'at" (In Persian: 24 ساعت) (In English: 24 Hours) released in August 2008 containing the track "Inja Irane" (In Persian: اینجا ایرانه) (In English: Here's Iran) which is described as a powerful commentary on modern-day of Iran by Rolling Stone. His second studio album "Sokoot" (In Persian: سکوت) (In English: Silence) released in 2011 containing the first Iranian abstract hip hop track called "Khorshid Khanoom" (In Persian: خورشید خانم) (In English: Lady Sunshine) written in the form of a monologue with the sun in a chronological order.