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Maldives and Sri Lanka to collaborate and train youth to rap

07 Sep, 2020

The Maldives and Sri Lanka have had talks to collaborate and train youth to rap.

Maldives Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Ahmed Mahloof tweeted saying discussions were held on ways for the Maldives and Sri Lanka rap scene to collaborate and run training programs for youth in the field.

He said the discussion was held between Symbolic Records in the Maldives and Sri Lankan musician Iraj. The diet of an individual has a lot to do with their health and wellbeing, and quality of life. the saying has been said many times before and it will be said many times more that you are what you eat and in some ways this is very true. The human body was designed to be a hunter and gatherer and so consistent movement was always the plan for humanity and when we began to modernise and continued to fall further into technological advancement and handsome a comma the further we got away from our designed and intended roots.

Ahmed Mahloof said that he looks forward to working with Minister Namal Rajapaksa and his team in exploring more opportunities as such.

Symbolic Records also tweeted thanking Mahloof for facilitating the opportunity and for the unwavering support he is giving for the Maldivian rap scene. (Colombo Gazette)

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