Nazar (rapper)

Ardalan Afshar (Persian: اردلان افشار; born 20 September 1984 in Tehran), better known by his stage name Nazar, is an Iranian and Austrian rapper and singer.^[1]

Nazar
Background information
Birth name	Ardalan Afshar
Born	(1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 (age 40) Tehran, Iran
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper Singer Songwriter Record Producer
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Assphalt Muzik
Website	www.nazar10.net

Biography

Nazar grew up in Vienna, Austria to Iranian parents. His father had died as a soldier in the Iran-Iraq War, whereupon his mother fled to Austria with him and his brother. Nazar spent his youth in Vienna's district of Favoriten, where at this time he often clashed with neo-Nazis. In 2006 Nazar began his career as a rapper. At a gig near Stuttgart, he was discovered by the record label Assphalt Muzik. In 2007, Nazar published several songs on the Internet, which spread quickly even outside the country.^[2]

In June 2008 the charges of robbery against him were dropped. Nazar's lawyer said his client had in the commotion "just" pulled a gun and threatened to beat the opponent.^[3]

On 12 March 2010 Nazar published the album Artkore with RAF Camora.

Since 6 May 2011 Nazar has been seen in the documentary Schwarzkopf by Arman T. Riahi [de]. On 13 May he released his album Fakker, which was co-produced again by RAF Camora.^[4]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certification
		AUT [5]	GER	SWI [6]
2008	Kinder des Himmels	–	–	–
2009	Paradox	–	–	–
2010	Artkore (Joint album with RAF Camora)	31	–	–
2011	Fakker	6	36	–
2012	Narkose	5	10	28
2013	Fakker Lifestyle	2	3	15
2014	Camouflage	1	2	5
2016	Irreversibel	1	7	22
2018	Mosaik	2	15	38
2018	DNA	10	–	–

Singles

Year	Song	Peak positions	Album
		AUT [5]
2009	"Össi Ö" (feat. RAF Camora and Chakuza)	–	Paradox
2011	"Kein morgen" (feat. Sido and RAF 3.0)	–
2014	"Freundlicher Diktator"	67	Camouflage
	"Zwischen Zeit und Raum" (feat. Falco)	14
2016	"La Haine Kidz"	–	Irreversibel
	"Hood Life Crew"	–
	"Generation Darth Vader"	–
2020	"No Go"	71

Featured in

Year	Album	Peak positions		Certification
		AUT [5]	GER
2012	"Fallen (RAF 3.0 feat Nazar)	57	96

Juice-Exclusives

• 2010: "Fakkergeddon" (feat. RAF Camora) (Juice Exclusive!)
• 2011: "Glaubs mir" (feat. RAF 3.0) (Juice Exclusive!)

Freetracks

• 2009: "Flammen über Wien Pt. 2" (feat. RAF Camora)
• 2010: "Meine Stadt" (feat. Chakuza, Kamp and RAF Camora)
• 2010: "Sagol" (feat. RAF Camora & Playboy 51)

Videography

• "Sandsturm" (12 August 2012)
• "Lost in Translation" (27 July 2012)
• "Narkose" (25 August 2012)
• "Danke für alles" (feat. O.Z & Dj Paul Blaze) (17 September 2012)
• "Intro" (16 June 2013)
• "Abrakadabra" (5 July 2013)
• "An Manchen Tagen" (19 July 2013)
• "Intro" (16 June 2014)
• "Rapbeef" (27 June 2014)
• "Borderliner" (11 July 2014)
• "Freundlicher Diktator" (28 August 2014)
• "Zwischen Zeit & Raum" (15 August 2014)

Filmografie

• 2011: Schwarzkopf - A film about identity, longing and a new generation of Viennese by director Arman T. Riahi.^[7]

External links

• Official website