# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phyo-zeya-thaw
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:00:21.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phyo-zeya-thaw"
name: "Phyo Zeya Thaw"
slug: "phyo-zeya-thaw"
description: "Phyo Zeya Thaw (Burmese: ဖြိုးဇေယျာသော်; pronounced [pʰjò zèjà θɔ̀], also referred to as Zeya Thaw was a Burmese politician and hip hop recording artist who was detained and executed due to the perceived anti-junta messages in his lyrics. Amnesty International designated him as a prisoner of conscience. He served as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, the Lower House of the Burmese parliament. Phyo Zeya Thaw, alongside opposition leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, was elected to the lower house on 1 April 2012."
tagline: "Burmese hip-hop artist and politician (1981-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phyo_Zeya_Thaw_in_Burmese_Parliament_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-03-26"
deathDate: "2022-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.418288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/phyo.z.thaw"
    handle:    "phyo.z.thaw"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/67f61af9-643b-4260-b030-5d2778924b00"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayar_Thaw"
    title: "Zayar Thaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyo_Zeya_Thaw"
    title: "Phyo Zeya Thaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyo_Zeya_Thaw"
    title: "Phyo Zeya Thaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayar_Thaw"
    title: "Zayar Thaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayar_Thaw"
    title: "Zayar Thaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%87%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9E%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA"
    title: "ဇေယျာသော်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%97%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%BE"
    title: "Пьо Зея То"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayar_Thaw"
    title: "Zayar Thaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD"
    title: "เซยาตอ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E6%B3%BD%E4%BA%9A%E9%99%B6"
    title: "朴泽亚陶"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8067544"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump