Amir Tataloo

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Amir Tataloo
Amir Tataloo in Tbilisi 2018 by Pouria Afkhami pixoos 04.jpg
Tataloo in 2018
Background information
Birth nameAmirhossein Maghsoudloo
Also known asTataloo
Born (1987-09-21) September 21, 1987 (age 34)[1]
Tehran, Iran
OriginIranian
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2003–present
Labels
WebsiteTataloo

Amirhossein Maghsoudloo (Persian: امیرحسین مقصودلو‎‎) better known by his stage name Amir Tataloo (Persian: امیر تتلو‎‎), is an Iranian singer-songwriter. Tataloo is a part of the first generation of the Iranian underground hip hop scene.

His debut album, Zire Hamkaf, was released in 2011 without a releasing license from Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Since then, he has released 11 albums. Tataloo was arrested several times when living in Iran by the Islamic Republic authorities. His first arrest was in 2013 by the Iranian security police. In 2015, he was arrested and held in prison for two months and charged with "encouraging fasad and fahsha".

Tataloo has been center of various controversies throughout his career, including his views on Mourning of Muharram, Dhabihah, Hijab, as well as his support for political parties and their presidential campaigns. During the 2009 election he supported Mirhossein Mousavi, and in 2017 he supported Ebrahim Raisi. Due to various allegations brought up by activists on Instagram, his account was suspended. In the past, Tataloo had an active personal Instagram account, which was one of the most-followed Iranian accounts on the platform with over 4 million followers. Instagram has suspended his accounts twice due to reports made by activists, and Tataloo received a permanent ban from the platform in 2020.[4][5]

Amir Tataloo currently holds the world record for most comments on an Instagram post, with over 18 million comments on his post.[citation needed]

Early life[]

Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, stage name Amir Tataloo, was born in Majidieh, Tehran. Due to his father's job, Amir spent his elementary school years in Rasht. After a few years, he moved back to Tehran. Because of his family's financial situation, he decided to work and study simultaneously. From 14 to 16 he worked in a carpenter workshop, and from 16 to 18 worked in a grocery store. After finishing high school, he started to pursue music. The beginning of his career began around the same time as other well-known musicians in Persian underground music like , , and .[6]

Music career[]

Tataloo started his music career in 2003, and began by releasing songs on his personal blog. He initially started as an underground musician, and remains unauthorized by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. He was described by Time magazine[7] as "A rapper with so many fans" and by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty[8] as an artist with a "strong fan base" among the youth in Iran. His music style has been described as a "popular flashy blend of pop, rap and R&B".[9]

He released a single, "Manam Yeki az un Yazdahtam" (I'm Also One of Those Eleven Players), for the Iranian National Football Team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[10]

During the Iran/5+1 nuclear talks in Vienna in July 2015, he released a song supporting the Iranian nuclear program. The music video was produced on the Iranian navy ship Damavand.[11] The song was the top trending Google search in Persian.[12] This song became an instant controversy in Iran, mostly for the Iranian Reformists, who compared the song to Mohammadreza Shajarian's songs in support of Iranian protests in 2009.[13]

Tataloo's Instagram account, one of the most popular among Iranians, was permanently shut down on April 24, 2020 due to allegations of grooming underage girls.[14]

In 2015 he attended the Tehran Peace Museum and was praised by the Iran-Iraq war veterans for his music video, Shohada (The Martyrs). He was introduced as the peace ambassador of the museum.[15][16]

In 2018, after several arrests by the Iranian authorities and failing to get a music activity license from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tataloo left Iran and immigrated to Turkey, where he is currently residing.[17]

Tatality[]

Tatality was name of the Tataloo's 2013 album[18] which also is the name of his fan base.[19][20] "Tatalities" are mostly consist of Iranian youth who are dedicated to Tataloo.[21] His fans may follow a lifestyle inspired by Tataloo's, including meditation, spiritual routines and vegan diet.[22]

In 2016, after Tataloo was arrested by Iranian police, his fans protested before the Justice Court and demanded that authorities release him from prison.[23] After his arrest, an online protest began against arresting artists due to their lyrics and lifestyle choices. They used various hashtags in order to pressure Iranian authorities to release him.[24]

Social media[]

Tataloo is one of the most popular, yet controversial, Iranian celebrities.[25] He has a large fan base, as well as critics.[25][26][27]

In 2018, Tataloo's Instagram account was suspended due to reports of sexist comments. At the time, his Instagram account had over 4 million followers. He later started another account.[28][29]

In 2020, Tataloo's account was once again suspended, with his new account having accrued 4.4 millions followers. This was due to his posts about underage marriage in his Instagram stories, which some interpreted as him being a pedophile, as he was joking about 15–20 years old girls joining his Harem.[30][31] Though Tataloo stated it was a joke, many women's right activists and Hichkas (his malicious) were among those who reported Tataloo's page. Avang Music finished their deal with Tataloo afterwards.[32] In response to this event, Tataloo release a single track, "Haramsara", which he discussed these events.[33]

In 2019, Tataloo asked fans to break the record of the most commented post on Instagram, which was 10 million comments. Fans broke the record with 18 million comments. After this, various political critics discussed the phenomenon and its impact on society. Academics such as Sadegh Zibakalam[34] and Emaddedin Baghi[35] wrote papers on this event.[36][37]

Another record was broken in 2020 where Tataloo and , an Instagram influencer, hosted a live broadcast that ended up with 626,000 viewers.[38]

Personal life[]

Tataloo is vegan,[39][40] and is constantly preaching the vegan philosophy and lifestyle, asking his fans not to kill and eat animals.[41][42] One of his many nicknames is Nature's Son.[43]

Arrests[]

Tataloo has been arrested various time while he was in Iran. He was arrested for the first time in 2013, which he was charged for making music known as Underground Hip Hop, without any release licenses from Iran's officials.[44][45][46][47]

Tataloo was jailed three times in 2013, 2016, and 2020. Iranian morality police briefly arrested him in December 2013 for distributing his banned music to illegal foreign satellite channels.[3] He was arrested again on 23 August 2016 and spent two months in prison because of insulting the judge in the court hearing, however, he was reportedly charged with "encouraging fasad and fahsha".[3][48] His fans posted comments on social media accounts of the supreme leader of Iran, demanding his release.[49]

On 28 January 2020, Tataloo was preparing to travel to the UK, where he was expected to play a concert in February. Tataloo whose real name is 'Amirhossein Maghsoudloo', was detained by Turkish authorities in Istanbul after he was flagged as a wanted person by Interpol.[50][51][52] Turkish authorities stated that they have acted on an "Interpol red notice" which was apparently issued by Iranian authorities – Iranian police have accused Tataloo of "encouraging citizens, especially the youth, to use drugs", according to a statement quoted by Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency.[50]

Following his arrest in Turkey there were concerns about deportation of Tataloo to Iran. Tatalities and other people concerned about Tataloo's life started online campaigns in order to stop Turkish government giving Tataloo to Iranian authorities.[53] After clearing the charges, it was stated that he was arrested due to Visa violation.[54] After a week in prison Tataloo was released and thanked people helping him, Masih Alinejad, Hichkas, , , , his fans and the Turkish government.[55][56]

Politics[]

During the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Tataloo supported the Iranian Reformists candidate, Mirhossein Mousavi.[57]

Tataloo formerly criticized the establishment for not licensing his music, which is deemed as "Western, non-Iranian and immoral" by the government,[58] although he kept distance from politics.[49]

In 2015, he made a shift towards Iran's conservative agenda, pledging his support for the supreme leader of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on numerous occasions, as well as advocating mandatory hijab.[48][59]

In 2017, Tataloo briefly shifted to a conservative stance, encouraging his fans who call themselves "Tatality", to vote for hardliners in 2017's presidential election. Tataloo left Iran in 2018 for Turkey. In January 2020 he was arrested and later released by the Turkish police following a drug-related Interpol request from Tehran.[60]

In 2017, Tataloo initially endorsed Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf for the Iranian presidential election. Following Ghalibaf's drop-out, Tataloo sided with Ebrahim Raisi and publicly met him.[48]

In 2021, Tataloo said he did not support any of the presidential candidates and asked the people not to vote.

Controversies[]

Nuclear energy song[]

During the Iran/5+1 nuclear talks in Vienna, in July 2015, he released a song supporting the Iranian nuclear program. The music video was produced on the Iranian navy ship Damavand.[61]

Titled "Energy Hasteei" (Persian: انرژی هسته ای‎), the song's central message was to uphold Iran's right to patrol the Persian Gulf and to produce peaceful nuclear energy. Tataloo's nationalistic song caused controversy[62] among his Iranian fans who respected the artist for his frank, unconformative political and social statements and were surprised to see him appearing to assist the government in their messaging around the nuclear issue.

Allegations of child grooming and sexual abuse[]

On April 24, 2020, Tataloo's Instagram account was shut down because he called for girls 15 to 20 years of age to join his "harem" and engage in sexual activity with him.[63] Tataloo deleted these posts a few hours after publication, but screenshots of his posts were taken and sent to women's rights organizations, journalists, and lawyers, who argued that Tataloo's actions equated to child abuse.[64] Tataloo proceeded to make another account, which was also shut down.[65]

Discography (albums)[]

  • Zire Hamkaf (2011)
  • Tatality (2013)
  • Man (2014)
  • Shomareh 6 (2015)
  • Mamnoo'e (2015)
  • Shomareh 7 (2016)
  • Ghahreman (2017)
  • Amir (2017)
  • Sayeh (2018)
  • Jahanam (2018)
  • Barzakh (2019)
  • 78 (2020)
  • Sheytan(2020)
  • Angel (2021)
  • Sahm

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