Sai Sai Kham Leng

His great-grandfather Sao San Tun, Saopha of Mongpawn, was a signatory to the 1947 Panglong Agreement and one of nine senior government officials assassinated on 19 July 1947.

Sai is the eldest son of four siblings, having two younger sisters and a younger brother.

Soon after he was born, his parents moved to nearby Aungban for two years before moving back to Taunggyi.

Sai Sai Kham Leng (စိုင်းစိုင်းခမ်းလှိုင်; ; also Sai Sai Kham Hlaing; born 10 April 1979) is a Burmese singer-songwriter, novelist, and actor of ethnic Shan descent.

He is considered one of the most commercially successful male singers in the history of Burmese hip hop music.

Sai Sai Kham Leng was born on 10 April 1979 in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar to Kham Leng and Cho Cho San Tun of an ethnic Shan aristocratic family.

He graduated high school at B.E.H.S (1) Taunggyi in 1996.

His parents divorced when he was in the 4th standard (4th grade).

He was living in two homes soon after divorce but ended up with his father.

He did not see his mother for another six years.

He became a judo player in the eighth standard.

He won district-level competitions in high school, and participated in national youth competitions in Yangon.

In 1997, Sai Sai relocated to the capital city of Myanmar, Yangon to become a singer.

Sai Sai moved to Yangon in 1997 and joined John Lwin's John International Modeling Agency.

He then participated in TV commercials as a model.

Sai Sai has acted in over 50 direct-to-videos in his early acting career.

He started out on his music career in 1998, while still a university student and starred in various karaoke music albums.

At that time, hip hop was new to the Myanmar and not widely accepted yet by the public at large.

In 1999, Sai Sai started endeavoring to be able to produce and distribute a solo album.

He launched his debut album Chocolate Yaung Yayge Einmet (Chocolate-Colored Ice Dreams) in 2000.

Unfortunately, the album was a failure but that did not stop him to stand up and try again.

The follow-up second album "Thangegyin Myar Swar" (Friends) was released in 2001 which turned out to be a success creating him a place to stand in Myanmar music industry.

He was admitted to Dagon University majoring English subject and graduated in 2003 and also graduated with the English language from Yangon University of Foreign Languages (Post-grad Diploma) in 2004.

In 2003, Sai Sai released his third album "February Mhat Tann".

One of the songs from that album named "One Nal Mhat Tan" hit the number one slot in the country.

Other hit singles followed and the album was a commercial success.

Sai became a household name, with hits such as Thu Nge Chin Myar Swar, February Mhattan (February Diary), Ever Golli and Happy Sai Sai Birthday.

In 2004, Ba Sai cemented his position with the release of his album "Sai Sai Live in Yangon" which spawned more hits.

Sai Sai embarked on his first solo concert "Sai Sai Live" in 2004 followed by 'Sai Sai Birthday Show' an outdoor concert, on 10 April 2004 every year, gaining thousands of ticket sales which is currently the highest number in Myanmar music industry.

The popular concert has since become an annual affair and gaining thousands of ticket sales which is a large number in Myanmar.

Beyond performing, Sai runs Frenzo Music Production and spends time writing, composing and producing new music as well as directing music videos.

In 2005, Sai Sai released album "Sai Sai Hu Khaw Thi" (It is Called Sai Sai) and the follow-up albums "Happy Sai Sai Birthday" was released in 2007, "Ever Golli" (Always Dwifter) was released in 2009, "Date Date Kye" (Topnotch) was released in 2012.

In 2013, Sai performed in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games as home country.

Sai Sai was invited to attend and perform at ASEAN-Japan Music Festival, which was organised to foster friendship and co-operation between the countries, three times (2013, 2018 and 2019).

This lively track was included in his album "Sai Sai is Sai Sai," which had been released a year earlier on April 1, 2018.

The music video became widely popular since the day released it on Sai Sai Kham Leng's official Facebook page and YouTube channel, and was praised for the animation quality and music video created by Pencell Studio.

That music video was earned 1 M views within 24 hours and then 2 M views in 7 days.

On April 1, 2019, he unveiled an animated music video titled "Nga Yee Zar Ka Po Mite Tal" (My girlfriend is better than yours).

The music video was a collaboration with Nay Win, Phyo Lay, Bunny Phyoe, Ki Ki Kyaw Zaw, John, and G Fatt.

In 2020, he was recognized in Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars List which shows Asia-Pacific's most influential celebrities on social media.