United KingdomHichkas is the #26,186 most-subscribed YouTube creator worldwide and #1,628 in United Kingdom, with 70.3K subscribers and 12.9M total views across 19 videos. Hichkas is known as recording artist and singer.
Biography
Soroush Lashkari, known professionally as Hichkas, is an Iranian rapper and singer-songwriter. Credited with popularizing Persian hip hop to the Iranian people and other Persian-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Hichkas' national success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken the barriers that were in place by the Islamic regime for the acceptance of rappers in popular music. Hichkas is considered one of the pioneers of Iranian hip hop and is nicknamed "Father of Persian Rap" by his fans. He became a representation of the Iranian underclass and reflected the angst of young Iranians. He has been influential for many artists of various genres and is often cited as one of the greatest rappers of Iranian hip hop.
Channel description
Soroush Lashkary better known by his stage name, Hichkas (nobody in Persian) is an Iranian song writer, rapper, record producer. Dubbed the godfather of Iranian rap and pioneer of Iranian hip-hop genre, Hichkas’s early releases combined traditional Iranian instruments and urban beats to create a hybrid genre, a combination of east and west. Lyrically, Hichkas’s songs are full of idioms, onomatopoeia, similes, alliteration, assonance, metaphors, a play on folk Persian proverbs and themed around social and cultural issues. Hichkas’s first album ‘Jangale Asfalt’ (The Asphalt Jungle) was initially released in 2005 was seminal in that it was the first professional hip-hop LP to be released from Iran, and became a fine example of Iranian arts and culture. Hichkas also, founded 021, Candis and the record label Saamet. Hichkas is working on his highly anticipated second LP, Mojaz.
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Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Hichkas have?
- 70.3K subscribers — #26,186 worldwide, #1,628 in United Kingdom.
- When did Hichkas start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Feb 2019.