![]() The Ali siblings however left the group in its infancy due to disagreements on picking the band's genre. He moved on to form the folk rock act Kembara in 1981 with A. Nasir decided to venture into singing, releasing his debut album Untuk Pencinta Seni under the name of Mohamad MN in 1979, which ended up being a flop. He was roped into music making in 1978 when a friend of his Wan Ibrahim, then executive producer of PolyGram Singapore, invited him to write song lyrics for the band Alleycats, who were rising in popularity at that time. Nasir had been deeply exposed to music not only through listening to the radio but also through his elder brother who had brought him purchased records of bands such as Bob Dylan, Queen, Al Stewart and Led Zeppelin while they were growing up in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s. Nasir performing at the Konsert Alam Muzik M. He attended the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with a diploma in Western painting in 1978, originally wanting to become an artist. Nasir began his early education at the Sekolah Tinggi Kerajaan Bukit Panjang before pursuing his studies at the Boys Town Vocational Institute. After Singapore was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, his family decided to obtain the Singaporean citizenship. He worked as a firefighter in the Singapore Fire Department while his mother, Esah Yahya is a housewife who have a keen interest in the life story of Prophet Muhammad and studies in Arabic. His father, Mohamed Sam, hailed from Pagoh, Muar in Johor and emigrated to Singapore. Nasir was born on Jin Bukit Panjang, Singapore. Dato' Mohamad Nasir bin Mohamed (born 4 July 1957) is a Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director also known as a Sifu in the Malaysian music industry. ![]()
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