Mosa Ghawsi (born 11 March 1989), known professionally as Malik Montana, is a German-Polish rapper of Afghan origin. He began making music in 2008, releasing his debut album, ''Naajak'', in 2016. It would be followed by the release of ''Haram Masari'' in 2017, ''Tijara'' and ''022'' in 2018, and ''Import/Export'' in 2019.
Born in Hamburg, Mosa would move to
Warsaw
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at the age of 15. He would begin making English-language music in 2008, making his debut in Polish rap in 2015.
Early life
Mosa Ghawsi was born in 1989 in Hamburg. His father was from Afghanistan, while his mother was
Polish-Greek. According to an interview with PopKiller, he traveled with his brother at the age of 15 to Poland, settling in the Wrzeciono neighborhood of
Bielany
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, a district in Warsaw.
Musical career
Mosa began to make music under the pseudonym Malik Montana in 2008; the last portion of the name, "Montana", is derived from the ''
Scarface'' character
Tony Montana. Early on in his career, he would make English-language hip-hop songs with the German rapper Sentino; he would continue to make songs in English until 2012, when he began to appear in foreign concerts within Poland.
On 20 October 2015, he would make his debut in Polish rap with "NaNaNa", which featured Diho and Białas. In 2017, Sentino would be kicked off the GM2L ("Get Money Live Life") label; afterwards, Malik would take over the label.
Malik would release ''Tijara'' in 2018; it would peak at number two on
OLiS
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and was certified gold by the
Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. He would also release several songs certified gold by the ZPAV, with "Mówili" being certified as 2× platinum. In 2019, he would release ''Import/Export'', which would peak at number three and was certified platinum. He would also release "Jagodzianki", which featured Mr. Polska and was certified 4× platinum.
In 2021, Malik announced an album with guest appearances from only French rappers; it is to be named ''WAW CDG'', after
Warsaw Chopin Airport and
Charles de Gaulle Airport
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.
He would also perform at the Wrocław Hip Hop Festival.
Tijara Mobile
Malik established Tijara Mobile, a phone network, on 4 February 2020. The purpose of the network was to interact with fans; the network provided SMS and voicemail services, as well as announcements regarding contests and events involving Malik Montana.
It would go defunct in November 2021.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
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Musicians from Hamburg
Polish rappers
1989 births
Living people
Polish people of German descent
Polish people of Greek descent
German people of Afghan descent
Musicians from Warsaw