Born in Tehran on August 18, 1987, Kianush, real name Kianush Rashedi, moved to
the socially problematic Kinderhaus district of Münster as a teenager. He
attends a youth club there called Streetsound, which encourages his development
as a rap artist. After a series of robberies, he is arrested and serves time in
prison from 2011 to 2014. After his release, he began to focus on his music and
released an album with PA Sports on the Desperadoz label in 2014, his music
establishing itself in the new-school rap genre with a trap influence. Kianush
had already worked with his Iranian c...