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About
Swiss hip hop artist, vocalist, Instagram star, and rapper who became known for his song with Dardan Mushkolaj, "Hotel", which reached top 10 in the German-speaking charts in 2020. He posts to Instagram under the handle monet192, where he has over 110,000 followers.
Before Fame
He is a trained psychiatric nurse, but has been passionate about music his whole life. In 2017, at the age of 19, he released his first song "Tout le jour" on the internet, and began to gain a following. In the summer of 2019, he performed at the Openair Frauenfeld, the biggest hip-hop festival in Europe. In November of that year, he was one of five nominees for the MTV Europe Music Awards as the best Swiss Act.
Trivia
At the beginning of the year 2020, he won the award for Best Talent at the Swiss Music Awards . His big breakthrough beyond Switzerland came a few months later when he collaborated on German rapper, Dardan Mushkolaj's album Soko Disko. Their joint song "Hotel" entered the German charts at number two and also made it into the top 10 in Switzerland and Austria.
Family Life
His full name is Karim Russo and he was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland but has roots in Tunisia and Macedonia.
Associated With
On April 1, 2024, he tagged German television host, Stefan Raab, in his Instagram post.
