This is a list of active Iranian hip hop musicians.
Stage name | Full name | Year of birth | Country of residence | Notes |
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Yas | Yaser Bakhtiari | 1982 | Iran | [1] |
Hichkas | Soroush Lashkary | 1985 | United Kingdom | [2] |
Reza Pishro | Mohammad Reza Naseri Azad | 1988 | Turkey | [3] |
Bahram | Bahram Nouraei | 1988 | Sweden | [4] |
Ho3ein | Hosein Rahmati | 1989 | Germany | [5] |
Erfan | Erfan Hajrasuliha | 1983 | United States | [6] |
Fadaei | Ashkan Fadaei | 1990 | France | [7] |
Quf | Ali Reza Ghasemi | 1985 | Iran | [8] |
Amir Tataloo | Amirhossein Maghsoudloo | 1987 | Iran | [9] |
Shahin Najafi | Morteza Najafipoor Moghaddam | 1980 | Germany | [10] |
Reveal | Mehrak Golestan | 1983 | United Kingdom | [11] |
Toomaj | Toomaj Salehi | 1990 | Iran | [12] |
Ali Sorena | Ali Khoddami | 1990 | Iran | [13] |
Shayea | Mohammad Reza Dadashpour | 1992 | Iran | [14] |
Gdaal | Ali Ghani Nezhad | 1992 | Canada | [15] |
Farsad | Mohammad Farsad Abedi | 1999 | Iran | [16] |
Hiphopologist | Soroush Valizadeh | 1993 | Iran | [17] |
Chvrsi | Mahdi Jaafarpour | 1998 | Iran | [18] |
Poori | Pooria Bashari | 1995 | Iran | [19] |
Young Suddan | Mahmood Heydaripour | 1999 | Iran | [20] |
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