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 to a family of Moroccan guest workers from Berkane, and grew up with six siblings in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. 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 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.
Discography
Studio albums
2017 : Entre 2 Mondes 2019 : 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)
Collaborations
2018 : Mabrouk 3lina by Ismo ft YONII 2018 : DEJA VU by Mike Singer ft YONII 2018 : Zu Spät by Mudi ft YONII 2020 : Sans Papiers by Max Herre ft YONII
Filmography Source:
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
References