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A YouTube channel opens on 3 August 2014. No crown yet. Just a kid in Sri Lanka with verses in the margins and a borrowed mic.
කිං ලෝටස්
Rapper·Producer·Lyricist·Director
Sinhala rap with R&B bones. Writes it, produces it, directs it. Signed to Awadhi Records, raised on the internet, built for the stage.
Seven chapters. Keep scrolling, the page turns them for you.
ආරම්භය
A YouTube channel opens on 3 August 2014. No crown yet. Just a kid in Sri Lanka with verses in the margins and a borrowed mic.
The next single, the next city, the next piece of the wardrobe. The Fam votes on all of it.
Join the Fam →No name. A love you cannot label and refuse to lose. Written and directed by Ashan Perera.
Caught. Five senses pulling the rope. The arthouse one.
The lion track from The First Album. Black and white, heavy grain, teeth out.
Floating. Letting the weight go and drifting above it. Directed by King Lotuss.
Half-bird, half-woman. The myth, rewritten for a foggy night with Nilakshi Amarasinghe.
The hype record. Red van, neon, hands up, bass down.
Views as of October 2026. Numba Ha was written by Ashan Perera for DILU Beats.
Thirty people on the records. Hover to meet them, drag them, click to visit.
Written, featured on, or produced. Counted on kinglotuss.com. The Fam gets the next one first.
Scroll and the room changes colour around him.
For the loud records.
For the fashion.
For the ones he directs himself.
Scroll and they come to you. Click one to play.
Free to join. No password. Members pick the next single, the next city, the next video, and the first piece of the wardrobe. Early access to every drop.
Three cuts. One gets produced. Fam picks.
The one you pick shapes what gets written next.
Home turf or the diaspora. Your call.
He directs. You choose the world.
First song sets the night. Choose wisely.
Dream big. He reads these.
A line, a title, or just the crown.
Two hundred and forty characters. He reads them before shows.
Three ways to work with him. Pick one, send the brief, and the Awadhi Records team replies within two business days.
සජීවී ප්රසංග
Festival stages, club nights, university shows, private events and corporate stages across Sri Lanka and the diaspora.
වෙළඳ සහයෝගීතා
Ambassadorships, launch content, custom jingles and appearances for brands that want culture, not just reach.
ශ්රව්ය නිෂ්පාදන
Beats, toplines, features and full-song production. He wrote Numba Ha. It has forty million views. Your song could be next.
King Lotuss, born Ashan Perera, is a Sri Lankan rapper, producer, lyricist and director signed to Awadhi Records. He blends hip-hop, R&B and contemporary pop with Sinhala storytelling and writes, produces and directs most of his own releases.
MMmm (11.7M views), Mawila with DILU Beats (10.7M), Ipadeema Dukaklu (8.9M), Namak Na (8.2M), Simba (6.8M), Kinnarawi (3.9M) and Pawenna (3.6M). He also wrote Numba Ha for DILU Beats, which has over 40 million views.
The Lotuss Fam is his community. Joining is free. Members vote on the next single, the next show city, music video concepts, the opening track of the next show and the first piece of the King Lotuss wardrobe, and get early access to drops.
Use the booking form on this page and choose Live performance. Share the date, city, audience size and budget. The Awadhi Records team replies within two business days.
Yes. He takes on brand collaborations, ambassadorships, launch content and custom audio. Choose Brand collaboration on the booking form.
Yes. He produces beats, toplines and full songs for other artists, films and campaigns in Sinhala, English or both. Choose Audio production on the booking form.
On YouTube (@kinglotuss), Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud and TikTok. The latest releases are embedded on this page.