Fokir Lal Miah

Early life

An unrivaled BANGLADESHI hip hop artist named Fokir Lal Miah is known by millions around the globe. He is the pioneer of Bangladeshi hip hop. He is a remarkable lyricist and a daring poet of the next generation. His style of rapping and unique roaring vocal leaves him matchless in the Bangla Rap scene. Fokir Lal Miah’s depth of lyrics are appreciated by his fans around the nation but politicians may argue that. At times, his razor-sharp lyrics pierce directly through the hearts of corrupted politicians. His courageous truth in his rhymes often questions his own safety.

Fokir Lal Miah’s real name is Foyez Ahmed Shaon. He was born in a city of Bangladesh named Sylhet (Chhatak). As a child growing up, Foyez Ahmed Shaon was outgoing, talkative and possessed extraordinary rhyming skills. While all the other kids at his age were out playing, little Shaon stood apart through a rare capacity to focus in his writings. Shaon always wrote his poetry in little pieces of notes and kept them in his shirt’s pocket until the age of seven. His father became aware of Shaon’s remarkable talent after finding pieces of notes in his shirt’s pocket. In this respect, his father presented Shaon with a little green diary. In the face of the diary it was written in Bangla “Ashar Alo” (Light of Hope). His father felt that by giving him a diary to write might enhance his outstanding abilities. In fact, from that point on, Shaon’s childhood marked by his father’s inspiration transformed him into a distinctive poet. Foyez Ahmed Shaon was certain that his exceptional style of music would create a new era for Bangladeshi Hip Hop. He would forever change the course of music history with his pulsating, unique, compelling rhymes.

Foyez Ahmed Shaon migrated to USA at the age of 11. He and his family settled in the Lower East side (LES), the most vibrant neighborhood in New York City. Foyez Ahmed Shaon was enrolled in Junior High School and then attained his High School Diploma from Seward Park High School. In 2001, he attended Borough of Manhattan Community College and received an A.A.S. Degree in computer programming. Subsequently, he went on to pursue further studies and completed his B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems from Bernard M Baruch College of City university of New York in 2004.

Music career

In December 2005 Foyez Ahmed Shaon aka Redex dropped his first album titled “Quest for Glory” which apparently was a flop in the streets of New York but that never stopped Shaon from believing. He stayed with it and refused to give up. In matter of months he hit the studio again and started working on his second album “Ekla Eksho” VOL 1. A week after the album was released, it recorded 30,000 units sold in less than a month period just in the UK. In his hit single “Lal Ekla Eksho” he blasted a war criminal of 1971 who is also known as a prominent religious figure of Bangladesh and went under ruthless attacks and criticisms. Shaon had the gift and courage to carry messages across on instrumentals and that is the primary purpose of hip hop. Bangla rap was only a topic of laughter and not valued in our society until Lal Miah came down with his hit single "Lal Ekla Eksho."

After the great success of "Lal Ekla Eksho", many gifted individuals expressed their interest in becoming part of Fokir Lal Miah’s 3rd album called "Choy Nong Bipod Songket." Johaan (The Director), Helal (The Producer) and the most famous Bangladeshi American hip hop group called Stoic Bliss who enthusiastically took a great deal of burden on their shoulder to see Bangla rap prosper all over the world. Together they created a production called TnT Warehouse.

Discography

Fokir Lal Miah released his first album titled “Quest for Glory” with the name Redex in December,2005. Apparently it was a flop in the streets of New York. After a few months he started working on his 2nd album named "Ekla Eksho" Vol 1. After the album was released, it recorded 30,000 units sold in less than a month just in the UK. His song "Lal Ekla Eksho" from that album was a major hit.

In 2010, Fokir Lal Miah signed with G Series / Agnibina label in Bangladesh and released the long-awaited album Chhoy Nong Bipod Shongket. After the great success of this album, he released his next album titled "Kalashadok Express" in Sylhety local language in 2013. Fokir Lal Miah is recently working on some of his new songs after a long break since. His next song "Pirit" is dated to release on March, 2017. Some people may find his lyrics randomly offensive, but Fokir Lal Miah has mastered his talent into a form of art while sketching the truth and proclaiming his pride.©