Ivan Hilje, born in Zagreb on September 15, 1992, the Croatian rapper is better
known by his stage name Hiljson Mandela. The son of an opera singer, he
developed an early interest in music and learned to play the saxophone, which he
used in the alternative rock band Prazna Lepinja, of which he was a member from
2008 to 2013. Meanwhile, with two childhood friends, he formed the rap trio
KuKu$, a pioneer of the genre in Croatia. In 2022, after several collaborations
and solo tracks, Hiljson Mandela unveils his first solo album The Mandela
Effect, featuring the hit "Cura s kvarta". ...