Yasin (rapper)

Yasin Abdullahi Mahamoud (born 11 January 1998), known as Yasin Byn, or just the mononym Yasin, is a Swedish hip hop artist.

He was born in Rinkeby, part of the Swedish Million Programme for affordable housing in northwest Stockholm, and grew up with his mother and five siblings. The name Yasin Bey hints at his background in Rinkeby, which is popularly called the Byn (The Village).

He started in hip hop music with his childhood friends, notably artist Jaffar Byn recording online videos. That led to him joining the Swedish hip hop collective Byn Block Entertainment or BBE with aspiring artist mostly from Rinkeby. BBE transitioned to a wider collaboration with Järva, forming the larger hip hop collective known as GhettoSuperstars. In 2016 he was included in the Ghettosuperstars collective album Allstars.

Abdullahi Mahamoud was sentenced in May 2018 to two years and three months imprisonment for serious crimes using arms. He was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence.

In 2019 re released his official debut single "DSGIS" or "Det som göms i snö" (hiding in the snow). The follow-up single "XO" in collaboration with Swedish rapper Dree Low topped Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart with the Yasin album Handen under Mona Lisas kjol (Pt:1) topping the Swedish Albums Chart.

Albums

Singles

Other charting songs