Amir Tataloo
Amirhossein Maghsoudloo commonly known as Amir Tataloo (born September 1988) is an Iranian Persian rap and (R &B) singer. He is a rapper but has caused controversy for being "Westerner, non-Iranian and immoral". Despite this, the Iranian military helped him make a music video for iranian nuclear program.[1] Because Iranian television is governmental, his music has been aired through satellite channels for which he was arrested in 2013. He has over 3 million followers on social media.
Biography
Tataloo is from an Iranian Azerbaijani family coming from Heris County, East Azerbaijan province. He started his career in 2003 as an underground musician. Since then, he's released several music albums and singles. In 2013, he was briefly arrested by the moral security police of Iran and released shortly after.[2] As of June 2016, he has up to (3m) followers on instagram and (1.3) million followers on Facebook.[1]
In 2014, via his Facebook page he stated that he will continue his career as a football-player. [3]
Controversies
During the Iran/5+1 nuclear talks in Vienna, in July 2015, Tataloo released a song supporting the Iranian nuclear program. The music video was produced on the Iranian IRINS Damavand (77) navy ship. This video was considered by some to be a response of Iranian armed forces to the deal resulted from the talks.[4][5] The song and music video was controversial inside Iran.
Albums
- Zire Hamkaf (2012)
- Tatality (2013)
- 6 (2015)
- 7 (2016)
References
- ^ a b "This Is the Surprising Way the Iranian Military Responded to the Nuclear Deal". time.com. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "بازداشت تتلو؛ 'خونه' برای زیرزمینیها 'خوب' نیست (Tataloo arrest, 'home' for Zyrzmynyha 'good' is not)". BBC Persian.
- ^ "امیر«تتلو»فوتبالیست می شود؟(+عکس) (Amir tataloo will be a footballer?(+Photoes))". asriran.
- ^ Ishaan Tharoor (16 July 2015). "Watch: Iranian rapper celebrates nuclear power from the deck of a warship". Washington Post.
- ^ "Iranian rapper drops bomb with pro-nuke video". al-monitor.com. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.