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Yas is also the Yiddish language name for the Romanian city of Iaşi

Iasi

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Yaser Bakhtiari (born 1982, Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

) is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian rapper.

Childhood and youth

Yas first began to listen to rap

Rapping

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music at the age of 16, when his father would return from business trips in Germany and bring him the latest Tupac Shakur

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CDs and other hip hop

Hip hop

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music. After the sudden death of his father, Yas was forced to abandon his college plans to support his family. It was at this time that he began to write poetry which soon turned into lyrics for his music.

After the sudden and untimely death of his father, Yas was faced with the responsibility of becoming the primary caretaker of his household. With his father’s debts mounting and hardly being able to make ends meet, Yas at the age of 18 was forced to leave his college ambitions. behind and begin to work and support his entire family! His family consists of his mother, younger brother and 3 sisters.
It was at this time that he began to write poetry which soon turned into text lyrics for his music.
It was also his way of staying close to his father’s memory.
After the Bam earthquake in Iran, Yas was devastated at the number of lives lost (nearly 50,000 people) in the disaster, it was
then, that he wrote his first song “Bam"
This was the beginning of his singing career.
He realized that through rap music he had the ability to reach people by telling full stories that he thought was not easy to do through other forms of music which only consisted of a few versus and a chorus.

Realizing that through his music, he had the ability to inspire people and reach millions of other young people in Iran, he decided to present his songs to the government and request a permission to release an album.
Many years of hearing “NO!” from the officials, and being ridiculed countless times for his singing style rap resembling that of “reading a newspaper”, his efforts, finally paid off.
To date, in an unprecedented move, six of his ten songs have been granted permission to be released, and soon, Yas will be the first rapper in Iran to legally release an album.

Yas says: ”I don’t use foul language in my music or sing about sex and violence.
I want to be able to proudly sing my music in front of my family.
My music usually begins with a complaint — but it ends with hope.
It’s important to inspire the younger generations to be their best potential.

Musical works

After the Bam earthquake in Iran, Yas was inspired to write his first song, Bam. Though he faced criticism from an audience unaccustomed to rap music, his efforts were eventually successful. As of 2009, six of his 10 songs have been granted permission to be released in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Yas' songs include CD-ro Beshkan ("Break the CD"), decrying a sex-tape which destroyed the career of an Iranian actress, and Hoviat-e Man ("My Identity"), about his pride in Persian culture.

Public reception

Yas has been interviewed by the media worldwide, including CNN, BBC and National Geographic. He has also signed a contract with an American music publishing company; Modiba Publishing (Evergreen Publishing).

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