Seyed Behrang Miri ( fa, بهرنگ میری; born in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

on 17 January 1984) is a

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rapper, songwriter and actor of

ian origin.

Early life

He moved to Sweden with his parents in 1987 when he was just three. He grew up in Lund. In 2008, he took part in theater production ''Zlatans leende'' in Malmö City Theatre. The same year, he was picked as the face for MKB, Räddningstjänsten featured in ''City Malmö'' newspaper and named "Årets glädjespridare" by

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. In 2011 he won the

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's annual Kunskapspriset (Knowledge Awards) alongside Emerich Roth.

Career

He has been involved in a number of youth projects, in

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and later in Stockholm. In 2011, he became an artistic director of cultural activities for children for Kåldolmens Day events in Stockholm working with various cultural groups. On September 25, 2012, he used his position to demand removal of a number of books he deemed objectionable (racist, homophobic, etc.) including his suggestion to transfer the '' Tintin'' series from the children's section of the library at Kulturhuset (Culture House) His campaign backfired and he was widely criticized prompting him to announce his withdrawal from responsibilities as artistic director. He has also worked with Swedish Kurdish stand-up comedian

Özz Nûjen Loran Özz Ceko Nûjen, (born in Turkey on 20 June 1975), is a Turkish-born Kurdish-Swedish stand up comedian, scriptwriter, TV show host and actor who lives in Sweden. Filmography * ''Dålig stämning'' (2013) – from his tour of his first solo ...

Melodifestivalen

On 23 February 2013, Miri competed as an artist in Melodifestivalen 2013 in a bid to represent Sweden in

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to be held in Stockholm. His song was " Jalla Dansa Sawa" (meaning Come on and dance together) with Loulou Lamotte and Oscar Zia as backing vocal artists. It was co-written by Behrang Miri, Anderz Wrethov, Firas Razak Tuma and Tacfarinas Yamoun. The song came 3rd/4th in the semi-final, he moved to "Second Chance" round where on 3 March 2013, he faced Anton Ewald and his song "Begging" and was eliminated. Despite his failure to reach the finals of Melodifestivalen, his song proved very popular and was released as a single entering the Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart at number 8 just one week after elimination. Eventually it climbed up to number 4 in the chart. In 2015, he took part again in Melodifestivalen 2015 and qualified to Andra Chansen (Second Chance) round through the first semi-final on 7 February 2015, but failed to make it to the Melodifestivalen final.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Official website
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