Amir Tataloo
Amirhossein Maghsoudloo commonly known as Amir Tataloo (born September 1987) is an Iranian rap and (R &B) singer. He is a well-known rapper but has caused controversy for being "Westerner, non-Iranian and immoral". Despite this, the Iranian military helped him film a music video.[1] Because Iranian television is government-controlled, his music has been aired through satellite channels for which he was arrested in 2013.[2][3]
Biography
Tataloo is from a Iranian Azerbaijani family coming from Heris County, East Azerbaijan province. He started his career in 2003 as an underground musician. Since then, he's releases several music albums and singles. In 2013, he was briefly arrested by the moral security police of Iran and released shortly after.[4] As of April 2015, he has up to (2.7m) followers on instagram and (1.4) million followers on Facebook.[1]
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.[5][3] The song and music video was controversial inside Iran.
References
- 1 2 "This Is the Surprising Way the Iranian Military Responded to the Nuclear Deal". time.com. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ↑ "Iranian rapper and tech website staff arrested". the guardian.com. December 3, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- 1 2 "Iranian rapper drops bomb with pro-nuke video". al-monitor.com. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ↑ "بازداشت تتلو؛ 'خونه' برای زیرزمینیها 'خوب' نیست (Tataloo arrest, 'home' for Zyrzmynyha 'good' is not)". BBC Persian.
- ↑ Ishaan Tharoor (16 July 2015). "Watch: Iranian rapper celebrates nuclear power from the deck of a warship". Washington Post.