Raptor (band)
| Joni Anwar | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Joni Raptor |
| Born |
August 30, 1981 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Associated acts | Raptor, Katsue |
Joni Anwar, also known as Joni Raptor (born August 30, 1981) is a Thai pop singer and actor. He was born in Bangkok, Thailand and has Indonesian-Scottish ancestry. He graduated from Bangkok Patana School in 2000 then he went to study aboard for a degree of business at South Hampton, United State of America.
Anwar started his career by doing television commercials for Ovaltine, Bata, Krissadanakorn and others before he signed a record deal with RS Promotion.
In 1994, Anwar began his musical career in the rap duo Raptor, with Louis Scott. After the group disbanded in 1998, Joni participated in his younger brother's self-titled debut album, Anan Anwar. Not long after that, Joni began a solo career and released three albums: Bad Boy, Freeman, and Outtaspace.
Joni and Louis Scott were 12 and 13 years old when as Raptor they released their self-titled debut album in August 1994. They were the youngest singers in Thailand at that time. Their clothes were the height of youth fashion at the time and inspired teen fashion in Thailand. They also roller-bladed and skate-boarded and some teens copied them in this respect.
The duo's name was inspired by the two dinosaurs in the kitchen near the end of the movie Jurassic Park. The two though the name would be a good idea for a name as "raptor" sounds like "rapper," and because, similar to the dinosaurs in the movie, Anwar and Scott perceived themselves as "naughty."
"Kid Thung Ter" was the big hit. "Super Hero" and "Kum Wa Peun" also charted. Their album sold over a million copies.
On September 24, 1994, Raptor participated in a joint concert at MBK Hall with British hip hop group Hijack, debuting a collaboration track entitled, "Yha Kid Wa Ter Mai Mee Krai". The song was later released on one of Hijack's greatest hits albums. On 17 Nov 1995 they performed a concert with other RS artists at Amy Sport Stadium, debuting their song, "Kow Kew." This song is in Hot Collection 4.
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