Ranidu Lankage is a Sinhalese R&B; and hip hop artist who raised the international profile of Sinhalese RnB/pop. Lankage is the first Sinhalese artist to be played on BBC Radio 1 and the creator of the first Sinhalese single to be played on MTV and channel V and Z music India.
Ranidu was educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he was ranked fourth in Sri Lanka, third in Colombo district in the competitive General Certificate of Education Advanc...
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Ranidu Lankage is a Sinhalese R&B; and hip hop artist who raised the international profile of Sinhalese RnB/pop. Lankage is the first Sinhalese artist to be played on BBC Radio 1 and the creator of the first Sinhalese single to be played on MTV and channel V and Z music India.
Ranidu was educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he was ranked fourth in Sri Lanka, third in Colombo district in the competitive General Certificate of Education Advanced Level exam in 2000 and went on to study economics at Yale University on a full scholarship. He had represented Sri Lanka in squash at the Asian junior championships and played cricket for Royal College.
Lankage has produced hits that have revolutionized Sri Lankan music. In 2003, DeLon's single "Nasty Girl" debuted at #36 on the Billboard Charts. Lankage's first single with Ashanthi, "Oba magemai," gained popularity and made Ranidu & Ashanthi the youngest Sri Lankan artists to be signed by an international record label, Sony Music India....
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