Lazun Khun Yi, better known as L Khun Yi , is a Burmese singer, and is considered one of the pioneers of modern Burmese pop music. The ethnic Kachin

Kachin people

The Kachin people are a group of ethnic groups who largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Burma's Kachin State and neighbouring areas of China and India. More than half of the Kachin people identify themselves as Christians - while a significant minority follow Buddhism and some also adhere...

 singer of the Lazun clan was known for her Burmese language

Burmese language

The Burmese language is the official language of Burma. Although the constitution officially recognizes it as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese. Burmese is the native language of the Bamar and related sub-ethnic groups of the Bamar, as well as...

 covers of 1970s Western pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 songs, particularly ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

 songs. Many of her popular songs of the era were again covered by successive generations of singers like May Sweet

May Sweet

May Sweet is a Burmese singer and actress, and considered one of the most commercially successful female singers in the history of Burmese pop music...

, Tun Eindra Bo and Yadana Oo.

She was born to Lazun Khun Hpan, a brigadier general

Brigadier General

Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...

 in the Burmese army, and Nyunt Nyunt Ma, a school teacher, and is the eldest of six brothers and sisters. She was attending the Rangoon Institute of Education

Yangon Institute of Education

The Yangon Institute of Education , located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the premier university of education in Myanmar. Primarily a teacher training college, the institute offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in education to the country's prospective primary, secondary and tertiary...

 when she began singing, attracting the interest of Burmese entertainers like Playboy Than Naing. However, she went on to finish her degree, graduating with a bachelor's in education and working as a schoolteacher in Meiktila

Meiktila

Meiktila is a city in central Myanmar, located on the banks of Lake Meiktila in Mandalay Division, at the junctions of the Bagan-Taunggyi, Yangon-Mandalay and Meiktila-Myingyan highways. Because of its strategic position, Meiktila is home to Myanmar Air Force's central command and Meiktila Air...

 thereafter. L Khun Yi only debuted after getting married, as her father had requested.

Her father was assassinated in a roadside ambush by the Kachin Independence Army

Kachin Independence Army

The Kachin Independence Army is the military arm of the Kachin Independence Organization , a political group composed of ethnic Kachins in northern Burma...

 in 1985.

She is an aunt of popular singers L Sai Zi and L Lun War.