Yasin El Harrouk, known artistically as YONII, is a German actor and rapper of Moroccan origin. He sings in both German and Moroccan Arabic.
Biography
Yasin El Harouk was born in 1991 in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
to a family of Moroccan guest workers from
Berkane
Berkane ( ber, translit=Berkane, ⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ) is a city in northeastern Morocco, in the tribal area of Aït Iznasen, limited by the Mediterranean to the north, the Kis river (Moroccan-Algerian border) and Oujda Province in the east, Nador ...
, and grew up with six siblings in
Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Feuerbach is a borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of the city of Stuttgart. Its name is derived from the small river of the same name that flows from the neighboring district of Botnang through Feuerbach. Feuerbach is home to one of Germany's biggest indu ...
. After graduating high school, he lived in Morocco for four years before returning to Stuttgart, where he studied acting at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts. He became known in Germany after a friend posted a 4-minute
freestyle
Freestyle may refer to:
Brands
* Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe
* Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile
* Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine
* ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker
* Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...
of his on YouTube. The video amassed millions of views. YONII then decided to launch his musical career by releasing his first single entitled Ghetto. This single was part of his first EP project entitled 'Entre 2 Mondes which was released in 2017.
In 2018, he collaborated with Ismo, Riffi, Biwai and Mr. Crazy on the official song of the Moroccan team for the
2018 World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...
.
Discography
Studio albums
*
2017
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: ''Entre 2 Mondes''
*
2019
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: ''Emeute''
Singles
* 2016 : ''Ghetto''
* 2017 : ''Mama''
* 2017 : ''Ziel halal''
* 2017 : ''Anonym''
* 2018 : ''Lampedusa''
* 2018 : ''Welt sehen''
* 2018 : ''Direction''
* 2018 : ''Leinwand''
* 2019 : ''Cabaret''
* 2019 : ''Randale''
* 2019 : ''Habibti''
* 2019 : ''Martinique''
* 2020 : ''Fugazi''
(feat. Farid Bang
Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui ( ar, link=no, فريد العبدلاوي, born 4 June 1986), known professionally as Farid Bang, is a German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent. He is currently the owner of the label Banger Musik.
Early life
Fari ...
)
Collaborations
* 2018 : ''Mabrouk 3lina'' by
Ismo ft YONII
* 2018 : ''DEJA VU'' by
Mike Singer
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
ft YONII
* 2018 : ''Zu Spät'' by Mudi ft YONII
* 2020 : ''Sans Papiers'' by
Max Herre
Maximilian Herre (born 22 April 1973) is a German rapper, singer-songwriter and music producer who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis. He is also A&R for the record label Nesola, a joint venture with his wife Joy Denalane, amon ...
ft YONII
Filmography
* 2014 : ''Tatort - Der Wüstensohn''
* 2017 : ''Die Herberge''
* 2017 : ''Helen Dorn- Verlorene Mädchen''
* 2017 : ''Tatort - Am End geht man nackt''
* 2017 : ''
Alerte Cobra''
* 2017 : ''Stralsund: Kein Weg zurück''
* 2018 : ''Herrliche Zeiten''
TV
* 2018 : ''
Dogs of Berlin
''Dogs of Berlin'' is a streaming television series and the second German series produced for Netflix after ''Dark (TV series), Dark''. First pictures of the ongoing production were shown in April 2018, after production started in November 2017.
...
''
References
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German actors
German rappers
21st-century German male singers
Musicians from Stuttgart
1991 births
Living people
German people of Moroccan descent