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Yohani
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Yohani Diloka de Silva (born 30 July 1993), known mononymously as Yohani, is a Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, rapper, and YouTuber. She started her music career as a YouTuber. She soon gained recognition for her cover of 'Manike Mage Hithe' and released many covers of her singing and rapping which have earned her the title "Rap Princess" of Sri Lanka. She rose to prominence and gained global recognition for her cover of "Manike Mage Hithe". She also became the first Sri Lankan female singer to surpass a total of 3.60 million subscribers on YouTube.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ifukube Akira, ongakuka no tanjo
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Sri Lanka
- Active from
- 1993
Discography
- Kella2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 27,359
- Total plays
- 271,131
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Yohani Diloka de Silva is a Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and YouTuber. She started her music career as a YouTuber. She soon gained recognition for her rap cover of 'Deviyange Bare' and released many covers of her singing and rapping which have earned her the title "Rap Princess" of Sri Lanka <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yohani">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Yohani
- Person.birth_name
- Yohani Diloka de Silva
- Person.birth_place
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Person.alma_mater
- Central Queensland University
- Person.years_active
- 2016–present
- Person.father
- Prasanna de Silva
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Colombo
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Sinhala
- Image
- Yohani D Silva.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1993-07-30
- social media followers
- 3860000
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Personal life
- Career
- Discography
- Non-film songs
- Film songs
- Controversy
- References
Yohani Diloka de Silva (born 30 July 1993), known mononymously as Yohani, is a Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, rapper, and YouTuber. She started her music career as a YouTuber. She soon gained recognition for her cover of 'Manike Mage Hithe' and released many covers of her singing and rapping which have earned her the title "Rap Princess" of Sri Lanka. She rose to prominence and gained global recognition for her cover of "Manike Mage Hithe". She also became the first Sri Lankan female singer to surpass a total of 3.60 million subscribers on YouTube.
== Personal life == Yohani was born on 30 July 1993 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is the daughter of a former Army officer Major General Prasanna de Silva. Her mother Dinithi de Silva, was a former cabin crew member at SriLankan Airlines. She is a Buddhist and has practiced Buddhism since her early life. Yohani has one younger sister, Shavindri de Silva, who is currently studying medicine. Due to their father's military background, both girls grew up in different Army bases in Sri Lanka.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yohani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.