Ranidu Lankage
| Ranidu Lankage | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Hip Hop, R&B Artist |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 2003—present |
| Labels | Sony Music India |
| Associated acts | DeLon, Anson of the DID Crew from Trinidad, Holee Smokez and the MDT crew from New york, Yohan Rakapakse, Yauwanan, Ranga D (The god) |
| Website | www.raniduonline.com |
Ranidu Lankage (Sinhala:රනිදු ලංකාගේ) 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. He is a graduate in Economics from Yale University.
Ranidu was educated at the Royal College, Colombo, where he was ranked, 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. He had represented Sri Lanka in squash at the Asian junior championships and played cricket for Royal College.
Lankage has produced hits that have revolutionised Sri Lankan music. In 2007, DeLon's single "Nasty Girl" debuted at No.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. Ranidu followed his first single with four Top 20 hits: "Obe ath allagena," "Sinasenna," "Kandulen midee" and "Sadaa." The "Oba Magemai" (You're mine) album was one of the top-selling albums in Sri Lanka.
In summer 2003, he returned to the studio to create the album "Diviyapura" (All my life) Released in summer 2004, the album included the single "Ahankara Nagare," which climbed to the top of the charts within days and became the biggest original Sri Lankan single in a decade. The song also charted on the BBC's Asian Music list, which led to its becoming the first Sinhalese single to be included in an internationally distributed compilation,.It became one of the most successful albums by a Sri Lankan artist of all time.
Lankage followed up with "Kelle," which landed on the BBC Asian Chart, received rave reviews, and got worldwide airplay.
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