One of the biggest hip-hop stars in Myanmar’s history, Sai Sai Kham Leng was
born April 10, 1979 in Taunggyi. At age eighteen he devoted himself to a music
career, attempting to bring hip-hop to a country where the genre had not yet
caught hold. His 2000 debut Chocolate-Colored Ice Dreams went largely unnoticed,
but 2001’s Many Friends would establish his career. That laid the groundwork for
the breakthrough success of 2003’s February Diary, which included his first
number 1 single, “One Nal Mhat Tan”. In 2004 he released a live album and
performed the first of the annual Sai Sai...