Laura Mam

Laura Tevary Mam (Khmer: ឡូរ៉ា ទេវរី ម៉ម; born 31 October 1986) is an American artist, songwriter, music producer, and businesswoman.

[1] Mam is Cambodia's first independent popstar to gain nationwide recognition for original music and wins major brand ambassadorships.

Laura Tevary Mam was born in San Jose, California to a Cambodian immigrant and Buddhist family.

[2][3] Her mother Thida Buth was a software developer in Silicon Valley, born and raised in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Mam had a very close relationship with her Grandmother, Bun Ean, who believed that she was her husband, Buth Cheon, who reincarnated with her mother.

Laura was born in the United States to Cambodian refugee parents and attended University of California, Berkeley.

However, Laura's mother sang her Khmer lullabies, and gave her Cambodian dancing lessons, so she would have an appreciation of the culture of Cambodia.

These artists used social media platforms such as Facebook and Youtube to circumvent the karaoke production houses and bring the songs they were writing straight to fans.

Throughout the years, Mam has produced concerts, performed opening acts, and shared the stage with top-tiered international musicians such as Jessie J, Demi Lovato, and Charlie Puth.

Their playfulness on- and off-stage makes them easily approachable by fans, allowing them to engage with their audience in a way that is unseen before in Cambodia.

In 2021, VannDa and Baramey Production blew up domestically and internationally with the release of “Time to Rise” featuring Master Kong Nay.

The chart-topping hit exploded throughout Southeast Asia with its blend of soul-piercing lyricism and Khmer instrumentation with Hip Hop & Drill sounds.

VannDa makes history again in 2022 with his collaboration on “Run The Town with the well-known Thai rapper F.Hero featuring 1 Mill and Sprite.

The song, with its massive sound and multiple layers of production infusing traditional Khmer and Thai elements, has been heralded as a seminal track in Southeast Asian hip-hop history and an important step of collaboration between Cambodia and Thailand.

A beacon of the power of hip hop to unite separate identities, the track “Run the Town” trended as high as the “54th Top Global Music Video” on Youtube.