Khashayar

Khashayar was born on December 18, 1985 in Tehran, Iran. He spent most of his childhood life in Iran until he moved to Dubai at the age of 16. In Dubai he attended the American school where he recorded his first rap song titled “faheshak khaaneh jangali” (Sherry) which turned out to be one of the first Farsi rap songs every recorded. He eventually moved to the U.S where he currently resides. He has been involved with music from a very young age. He would mimic Iranian and western artists and would write the English lyrics in the Farsi alphabet and sing along without knowing what the songs were about. He started playing piano when he was 7, and progressed to the guitar around the age of 13. Today he plays both instruments on professional level. He appreciates a wide variety of music ranging from hip hop, rock and heavy metal to classical Iranian and western. He first started writing Farsi (Iranian) rap songs when he was 15 and produced his first beat around the age of 16, but his works were not on a professional level until he Moved to the U.S where after recording a couple of songs he teamed up with his good friend and Paydar international C.E.O Erfan and decided to pursue his passion for music on a professional level. He also has a passion the performing arts such as acting and dancing and has made a lot of home videos with friends and was actively breakdancing until he broke his front teeth while dancing. He is very active as far as sports such as tennis, snowboarding, basket ball, soccer and horseback riding and has won numerous medals during middle school and high school. He began learning Kyokushin (Karate) when he was 7 years old and moved on to Aikido after a few years of training which he devotedly pursued for years. At one point he was teaching aikido at a local college in Orange County, CA. Currently he is finishing his bachelor’s degree in economics and pursuing his career in music as a solo artist as well as one of the active and core members of Paydar Music International. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.