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    Rhoma Irama is an Indonesian musician and actor known as the "King of Dangdut". He began his musical career in the late 1960s as part of a pop band that pioneered elements of dangdut music. In the 1970s, Rhoma formed his own band, Soneta Group, which achieved great success with its groundbreaking dangdut style blending Western, Malay, and Bollywood influences. By the late 1970s, Rhoma transformed to a more Islamic style and commanded a religiously pious popular music culture. He has also had a successful film career and involvement in Islamic political campaigns.

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    Rhoma Irama is an Indonesian musician and actor known as the "King of Dangdut". He began his musical career in the late 1960s as part of a pop band that pioneered elements of dangdut music. In the 1970s, Rhoma formed his own band, Soneta Group, which achieved great success with its groundbreaking dangdut style blending Western, Malay, and Bollywood influences. By the late 1970s, Rhoma transformed to a more Islamic style and commanded a religiously pious popular music culture. He has also had a successful film career and involvement in Islamic political campaigns.

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    Rhoma Irama is an Indonesian musician and actor known as the "King of Dangdut". He began his musical career in the late 1960s as part of a pop band that pioneered elements of dangdut music. In the 1970s, Rhoma formed his own band, Soneta Group, which achieved great success with its groundbreaking dangdut style blending Western, Malay, and Bollywood influences. By the late 1970s, Rhoma transformed to a more Islamic style and commanded a religiously pious popular music culture. He has also had a successful film career and involvement in Islamic political campaigns.

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    Raden Haji Oma Irama (born December 11, 1946, in Tasikmalaya, West Java), known as

    Rhoma Irama, is an Indonesian dangdut musician, singer, songwriter, and actor.

    Starting from the late 1960s, he began his musical career as Oma Irama as a part of the pop
    band Orkes Melayu Purnama, pioneering several dangdut music elements. He then formed his
    band Soneta Group, achieving multitudes of musical successes with groundbreaking dangdut
    style which incorporates Western, Malay, and Bollywood influences.

    From the late 1970s, he began transforming into more Islamic-oriented style, commanding the
    religiously pious popular music culture.[1] During the height of his stardom in the 1970s, he was
    dubbed "Raja Dangdut" ("the King of Dangdut") with his Soneta Group.[2]

    He has also built his career on the film industry. He has been active as well on the political arena,
    with a history of joining campaigns for Islamic Party United Development Party (PPP).

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