

music as a full-time career as a full-time career. He also participated in an island-wide singing competition and won first place three times: “By participating in these competitions, I gained greater musical visibility and an interest in pursuing music. He added that this continued in his school career, when his idols and teachers Sangeetha Poosanam Jeeva Joseph and Latha Jayakumar, helped him discover his musical talent and encouraged him to participate in school events such as the Tamil Day and English Day to hone skills. In conversation with Brunch, he told us that music has always been a part of his life: “From an early age watching my mother and uncle sing for the church choir developed my interest in music and I started to sing along with them. He is currently working on his new album under Jaya Records, the music group Serandip. He is also the first Sri Lankan Tamil music composer to release a single under Sony Music South in 2012 with IBP Studios in Malaysia. “Thanks to Est4Lyf, I have invested in creating music with these artists and in marketing it on digital platforms to help create a Tamil hip hop culture in Sri Lanka that does not exist at the moment,” he said.

Vidushaan said Brunch that in 2020, when he founded Est4Lyf, he created this group with the intention of creating a platform for all rappers / artists in the eastern part of the province. He was also the first rapper from Batticaloa and the Eastern Province, to take the stage to Malaysia and India. In 2020, he formed the musical group Est4Lyf and thus became its CEO. Vithushan Thayaparan, known in the field as Vidushaan is a Sri Lankan rapper and singer, who entered the field with his first song Cinderella at the age of 16 years.

Vidushaan on his music, his band and more
