Ant Wan is the rapper from Västerås who has taken Sweden by storm. Since the breakthrough around 2019, he has pulled in millions of streams on Spotify, and the mysterious and very private artist has sold out both the Avicii Arena and now the Tele 2 Arena.
His secretive personality has of course made many Swedes curious to know more about Ant Wan – here it is News24 compiled the most common questions that Swedes google about Ant Wan.
Ant Wan at Allsång at Skansen. Image Source: Stella Pictures.Ant Wan’s Name – What’s His Real Name?
Rapper Ant Wan’s real name is Antwan Afram. At the beginning of his career, he called himself Råby, which is the place in Västerås where he grew up.
Ant Wan Age – How Old Is He?
Ant Wan was born on January 1, 1998, which means that he will be 26 years old in 2024. On the first day of the year 2025, he will thus turn 27.
Ant Wan songs – what hits has he made?
Among his biggest hits are the songs Lover, Malaika, Komplicerat, Marbella and 1942.
Ant Wan concert – has he sold out Tele 2 Arena?
In October 2023, Ant Wan filled the Avicii Arena and performed an acclaimed concert that was praised by both the audience and an impressed critics. “Every song is an encore. The reaction to every intro a win on the Postcode Lottery. During his first arena concert, the Swedish rapper Ant Wan outclasses international stars in audience response,” wrote The evening paperand called the gig “a primal force”. IN Today’s News the rapper’s performance was also highly praised and received a rating of four out of five.
“I have lived for 47 years, been a music critic for 28 and thus seen more concerts than I, or anyone else, can keep track of, but never experienced an audience response like at the Avicii arena this evening,” wrote Dagens Nyheters Mattias Dahlström in his review.
Ant Wan sells more tickets than Lars Winnerbäck. Image source: Youtube/Dopest
In the mini-documentary The Road to Tele 2, which was produced by Dopest and Viktor Skarbäck so says Ant Wan:
– I think we can do bigger than the Globe (Avicii Arena, editor’s note). We make an arena.
All said and done – when the tickets were released for Ant Wan’s gig at Tele 2 Arena, they sold out in just a few hours. The producer Nils “Nisj” Svennem-Lundbergwho has worked for many years with Ant Wan, tells in an interview with Today’s News about Ant Wan’s greatness. In fact, Ant Wan sold more tickets than Lars Winnerbäck.
– It can be difficult to grasp how Ant Wan sells more tickets than Lars Winnerbäck, but that’s what reality looks like, he tells the newspaper.
– He comes from nothing, his conditions have been zero. That’s why it’s extra powerful that he should stand in front of a sold-out Tele2, says Svennem-Lundberg. further.
The mini-documentary about Ant Wan and the Road to Tele 2:
Why did Ant Wan’s album Leylas World disappear from Spotify?
In 2021, Ant Wan released the album Leylas World. The album includes hits like 1942, Bars, No Love and Malaika. The record had over 100 million streams – but in January 2024, the album was removed from Spotify. According to the site Dopest then there were various rumors as to why the record was removed – but the real reason is supposed to be that a loop in the song “Jag & Du” which could not remain for copyright reasons.
In the summer of 2024, the album was released again, and now the song “Jag & Du” is also available on the streaming service again.
Ant Wan has quickly become one of Sweden’s biggest rappers. Image source: Youtube/DopestAnt Wan’s background – what is his family background?
Ant Wan was born in the area of Råby in Västerås but has origins in Syria.
Does Ant Wan have girlfriend or wife?
Ant Wan is extremely secretive of himself, and has not gone official that he has a girlfriend. He is also not written with anyone other than family members. But that Ant Wan could be “a heartbreaker” of rank is something he himself raps about in the song with the exact title Heartbreaker.
“She’s a star
She has everything I want
She’s too pretty, she’s too good
She moves smart, she’s like me
I know she can be mine, but I don’t wanna break her heart
I happen to make her too weak, I want to make her happy
She said she loves me today
I wanted to say the same thing, but I don’t wanna break her heart,” he raps.
Does Ant Wan have kids?
As Ant Wan is extremely secretive about his private life and rarely gives interviews or updates about anything other than his music, it is currently not entirely clear whether he has children or not. It has been rumored on social media that Ant Wan has a daughter, but nothing has been confirmed.
In the lyrics to his big hit Malaika, he raps about wanting to “Travel around with our kids, reach all our dreams”.
Does Ant Wan have Instagram?
Yes, Ant Wan is on Instagram. That’s his name @antwan and has over 175,000 followers.
Does Ant Wan have Tiktok?
Yes, on TikTok the name is Ant Wan @antwanofficial.
How much money does Ant Wan make?
Ant Wan has always run on his own with no record label behind him – something that has made him really rich. In one of his unreleased songs Money Takes All My Time from 2018 which is only available on Soundcloud, Ant Wan raps “All my life, wanted to be rich, money takes all my time”. A few years later, his dream has come true.
According to information from the Swedish Tax Agency which News24 have taken note of, Ant Wan had a modest determined earned income in 2021 – then he took in SEK 119,600 during the year.
Ant Wan can sit back and enjoy the success. He is worth several millions. Image source: Youtube/Dopest
But the following year it came loose. Nyheter24 can reveal that Ant Wan in 2022 had a determined earned income of SEK 921,200 and a surplus of capital of SEK 272,691.
The very latest figures show the rapper’s determined earned income for 2023 was SEK 1,765,600. This gives a steady monthly salary of SEK 147,133. It is “only” 40,000 kroner less than what the prime minister earns, but more than what the Stockholm governor earns. There, the monthly salary is approximately SEK 122,000. But that is far from the only money that Ant Wan is sitting on.
Since 2019, he sits on the board of his own limited company MKDIS AB. According to the company’s business description, MKDIS must “carry out music production, entertainment and related activities”. MKDIS is where the really big money is. According to information from All Companies so the company had a turnover of SEK 9.1 million in 2023 and has assets of just over SEK 12 million.
Not bad!