Tohi
Hosted by Behzad Bolour
Farhang Foundation proudly presented
a special FREE live talk event featuring
TOHI
In conversation with Behzad Bolour
Considered to be one of the founders of the Iranian Rap music scene, and one of the leading Iranian musical artists working today. This live event was hosted by the BBC Persia's very own Behzad Bolour, host of BBC's BOLOUR BANAFSH.
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About Tohi
Recording Artist
Tohi is an allround award-winning multi-lingual singer/songwriter and producer from Los Angeles, with Persian roots.
Tohi Based himself in LA in pursuit of his new upcoming international projects with major artists in the like of French Montana, Sean Paul, Cheb Khaled, Massari, and so on.
Tohi lived a great deal of his professional career in different parts of the world and grew his music in a multicultural environment with different musical influences. Today this is enhancing his work’s musicality and diversity and making him one of the leading figures to bring mixture of his Persian roots into the international urban music scene.
“As one of the founding members of the Persian hip-hop and urban music scene, I have always loved to work from the passion within me. As this path came to an end due to the circumstances in my homeland , I could choose to leave it all behind. But instead, I chose to bring it to the next level, and after a journey of almost 2 decades, I am now on the edge to show the world my traditional roots and how they can also be part of the international urban music. My love for music, my homeland, and the love of the Tohi army, will always make me aim for the top on the international charts and nothing less than that.”
About Behzad Bolour
An extremely well known figure on BBC Persian with an impressive music heritage, Behzad has over 30 years experience with the BBC. He is instrumental to the success of Purple Crystal Music Show and its appeal to Persian speakers of all ages. His intimate interview style forces established music stars out of their comfort zone and gets new artists to perform to a professional level.
