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.[1] 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.[2]
In 2018, he collaborated with Ismo, Riffi, Biwai and Mr. Crazy on the official song of the Moroccan team for the 2018 World Cup.[3]
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[4]
Filmography [5]
2014 : Tatort - Der Wüstensohn
2017 : Die Herberge
2017 : Helen Dorn- Verlorene Mädchen
2017 : Tatort - Am End geht man nackt[6]
2017 : Alerte Cobra
2017 : Stralsund: Kein Weg zurück
2018 : Herrliche Zeiten
TV
2018 : Dogs of Berlin[7]
References
^Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "Frühstück mit Yasin El Harrouk: Zwischen den Kulturen". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Gerlach, Lea (2017-01-31). "Yonii: Debüt-EP "Entre 2 Mondes" im Februar über Kopfticker". rap.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^"WK-song van Ismo voor Marokko gaat keihard op YouTube!". FunX.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^"Max Herre spielt mit Band und YONII ne' Colors Show - Testspiel.de" (in German). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^"Yasin El Harrouk". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^""Tatort"-Star Yasin el Harrouk - Stört es Sie, dass Sie oft Kriminelle spielen?". bild.de (in German). 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^Senger, Clark (2017-11-08). "Fler, Sinan-G & Yonii: Die Netflix-Serie "Dogs of Berlin" wirft ihren Schatten voraus". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-23.