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Yonas Mellesse, known under the mononym, YONAS, is an independent hip-hop artist hailing from New York City. Yonas often claims that with his music, he hopes to "bring content back to popular music." == Music career == Yonas began his music career at the early age of 5, when he was enrolled into violin classes by his parents as an attempt to focus some of his otherwise wild energy. He did just that, going on to study classical violin. After putting the violin down, and getting more into the culture of New York City, Yonas became interested in writing Hip Hop music. In 2009 he released his first EP The ''New Golden Era'' independently, winning a Billboard Songwriting Award for his single "Banga."〔("OURSTAGE ANNOUNCES THE WINNER OF THE RADIO ONE “ROC THE MIC” COMPETITION" ),''Ourstage'', 17 June 2009.〕 In 2010 he followed with his first mixtape entitled ''I Am Us'' to the tune of 30,000 downloads. A little over a year later in 2011, he released his first album on iTunes, "The Proven Theory." The music video for his hit single "Shy Kidz" was featured on MTVu and Fuse TV on Demand as the fan-selected winner of an independent artist contest.〔("The Freshmen: You Pick The Video That Gets On Air" ), ''mtvU'', 18 October 2011.〕 ''The Transition'' which is considered Yonas' breakout mixtape was released in 2012 to the tune of 70,000 downloads in the first 2 months. Yonas was also featured as a Breakout artist in XXL magazine in June 2012.〔("The Break Presents: YONAS" ), ''XXL Magazine'', 11 June 2012.〕 Thanks to ''The Transition's'' success, Yonas was able to land a 50 city nationwide tour in the Fall of 2012, opening for musical group AER.〔("David Dallas to Tour USA with Aer and Yonas on Aer's 'The Brightside Tour'" ), ''New Zealand Music Commission'', 18 July 2012.〕 Yonas has performed with many notable musicians including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wale, Juicy J, Timeflies, Gorilla Zoe, The White Panda, and Logic. Fuse TV caught up with Yonas for a special 1 on 1 interview while on his nationwide tour.〔("Underground NYC Rapper Yonas Talks Tupac, Making Mom Proud" ),''Fuse TV'', 4 October 2012.〕 Yonas gained major momentum when his hit remix of "Pumped Up Kicks" went viral on YouTube with 3+ million views, which continues to climb daily. Another major music video which grabbed music viewers attention was "Fall Back" which found its way into the 2013 major motion picture, "The Place Beyond The Pines" starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper〔("The Place Beyond the Pines" ),''IMDb'', USA, 19 April 2013.〕 YONAS released his EP ''The Black Canvas'' on February 4, 2013 which went #4 on iTunes Hip-Hop/ Rap charts and #25 on the iTunes overall album chart.〔("YONAS- The Black Canvas" ), 4 February 2013.〕 After the Transition Deluxe, Yonas released a series of free remixes to popular songs titled "Freemix Tuesdays". He released music videos for each of these songs on his Youtube channel. On May 26th he released his EP, "Going Places", a 5 track album available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play. It reached #22 on Top Hip-Hop/Rap Album Charts on iTunes.〔https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/going-places-ep/id996569841〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yonas (hip hop artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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