Yohani 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.
24 Facts About Yohani
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Yohani rose to prominence and gained global recognition for her cover of "Manike Mage Hithe".
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Yohani was born on 30 July 1993 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Yohani is the daughter of a former Army officer Major General Prasanna de Silva.
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Yohani's mother Dinithi de Silva, was a former cabin crew member at Sri Lankan Airlines.
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Yohani is a Buddhist and has practiced Buddhism since her early life.
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Yohani has one younger sister, Shavindri de Silva, who is currently studying medicine.
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Yohani grew up surrounded by her parents' love of music as they often listened to the BeeGees, Spice Girls, AR Rahman and Elton John.
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Yohani completed her higher education in Logistics Management and Professional Accounting from the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University prior to pursuing her career as an artist.
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Yohani obtained a master's degree in accounting from CQUniversity Australia.
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Yohani joined Pettah Effect, a record label that was co-founded by Dilanjan, and had much young talent running the show.
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Yohani got 200 million views for a YouTube video "Manike Mage Hithe" cover song in May 2021.
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Yohani had completed her debut Sinhala album which features twelve songs and plans to launch it during a live concert around December 2021.
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Yohani performed her debut overseas tour as a music artiste in Hyderabad in India in October 2021 for a live concert with her band.
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Yohani then lent her voice to the official song of the T20 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2021 and released her first international single "Moving On" in English under the music label Red Bull Records.
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Yohani then performed "Unmada Prema Geeya" with popular Sri Lankan singers Bhathiya and Santhush and Kaizer Kaiz.
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Yohani then released the patriotic song "You Are My Paradise" under the foundation So Sri Lanka.
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Yohani then attended the Dubai Expo 2020 where she performed the biggest music concert ever held in Dubai Millennium Amphitheater with a huge crowd.
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Yohani hosted a YouTube concert called Eden with Lunu and in March 2022 she performed at the Yohani Live in Concert in Muscat, Oman.
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Yohani collected 5000 US dollars under that foundation and gave it to Red Cross organisation to fulfill the related tasks.
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Yohani then left for the Maldives where she participated in Chanaacha 2022.
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Yohani then released the song "Chaudhary" in January 2023, featuring the vocals of popular Rajasthani singer Mame Khan and Jubin Nautiyal.
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Yohani held two more concerts in Kolkata and Raipur, India.
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Yohani has an upcoming collaboration with Guru Randhawa and another collaboration with Shreya Ghoshal.