Anıl Piyancı

Anıl Piyancı — Biography

Anıl Piyancı is a rapper, songwriter and producer from İzmir who moved from the underground rap scene towards the mainstream. His first big moment with audiences came in 2014 with Bi Duman Hip-Hop on YouTube, and in 2019 the acoustic version of Bırakman Doğru mu? that he recorded with Zeynep Bastık became one of the most-listened songs on Spotify Turkey that summer. He still performs at concerts and festivals in and around İzmir.

He took an interest in rap and hip-hop at an early age, wrote his first lyrics at 13 or 14, made his first recording at 14, and for years also worked in graffiti, another branch of hip-hop. The first studio he founded at 16, Yeşil Oda, let him produce his own work. In 2012 he entered Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye with Grogi but was eliminated in the second round. His first professional album, Zaman Yok, came out in 2013, the same year that his song Git gave him a strong boost. Later he made joint tracks with DJ Artz, Allame, Hayki and Ezhel and sang the song of the film Nasıl Yani.

In 2019 he also made songs for advertising films. In 2020 he was named Best Debut Rap Artist at the Stars of Music Awards, organized by MüzikOnAir and Bahçeşehir University Radio, and the same year he began working with Universal Müzik Yapım. In 2022 he was a guest on Red Bull 64 Bars, and the album Paradigma is among his recent work. He is a graduate of the International Relations department of Anadolu University.