[custom_adv] 9. Googoosh Faegheh Atashin was born 1950, also known by her stage name Googoosh , is an singer and actress of Azerbaijani origin. She is known for her contributions to homeland pop music, but also starred in a variety of movies from the 1950s to the 1970s.She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. [custom_adv] 8. Shadmehr Aghili He was born 1973, is an pop singer, musician, composer, music arranger, producer and song-writer, and formerly an actor. He emigrated to Canada first, but currently resides in Los Angeles. [custom_adv] 7. Sasy Mankan Sasan Yafte was born 1988 is an pop singer. and has 8 famous video clips. The news agency Reuters called him "one of homeland's best-known underground rap singers". Before the 2009 homeland presidential election he met with the candidate Mehdi Karroubi. [custom_adv] 6. Hossein Tohi Seyed Hossein Mousavi was born 1986, known by his stage name Hossein Tohi or also know as Mr.021 ( 021 is the telephone code of capital). The title Mr.021 was given to him for his creative hand gesture 021 by his fans.This hand gesture 021 soon became a persian pride and his personal signature. 021 Tohi was is one of the most famous Persian Rap artists. [custom_adv] 5. Shahin Najafi He was born 1980, is an musician, singer and songwriter currently residing in Germany.Najafi's songs mostly deal with issues such as theocracy, poverty, sexism, censorship, child labor, execution, drug addiction and homophobia. In interviews, he has stated that he strives to use poetic, literary, philosophical and political elements in his music. [custom_adv] 4. Kiosk Kiosk is a rock band formed in capital 2003, known for its blend of musical styles and its wry lyrics confronting homeland cultural angst.Kiosk is a pioneering Iranian rock band (The Berlin Daily Newspaper) founded by Arash Sobhani in Tehran in 2003. After censorship and restriction by Iranian authorities, its musicians immigrated to the U.S. and Canada. [custom_adv] 3. Hamid Talebzadeh He was born in April 1976, is an pop singer. Hamid started singing at age 7. At age 14, he entered a new era of his singing skills and followed his passion and love about signing and music more seriously as of winter 1998. [custom_adv] 2. Hichkas Soroush Lashkary was born 1985, better known by his stage name Hichkas is an rapper singer. Hichkas is considered as one of pioneers of "Persian Rap" and "Persian Urban music. [custom_adv] 1. Mohsen Namjoo He was born 1976, is an musician, singer-songwriter. His style of music is influenced by Blues and Rock as well as homeland folk music. The lyrics of his songs are also odd combination of Persian classical poems, his own lyrics, and contemporary poems; and uses the words freely with irony and sarcasm to carry the music and make a free style of singing.
