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My name is Nima Yaghobi.
Others know me as Nimo.
You know what I look like.
You know my songs.
You know my music development.
You know where I come from.
You know where I was.
But you don't know what's really inside of me.
You really don't know where I want to go.
You followed my journey
From a small city to Frankfurt.
From a basement garage to the top of the charts.
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But my journey isn't over.
I have a new goal.
I want to start a new journey.
And I want to take you with me.
And why Dubai?
As an artist, you need something that motivates you
to make music.
If you only hear bad news every day,
on top of bad weather, what will come out in the studio?
You need energy again.
And Dubai is perfect for that.
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We already got to work with PzY together.
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The whole vibe here in Dubai
will be heard again at the end.
Yo, what's up?
My name is PzY.
I'm Nima's main producer.
Since we've actually been in the studio together often,
I mean, really live, because most work
took place over the internet, we noticed
how great it harmonizes and how it's simply fun.
And yeah, since it's really been us together in the studio
you can also say as a collective team.
Because 90% of the work is with it as well as with each other.
PzY is not only a top producer,
PzY is also a top singer.
I once asked about a beat packet
and he sent me something that made me say "Wow,
I'll take that song."
And I said, I also want
your voice to stay on the track.
Because it was so great, and people needed to hear it.
I don't simply want your vocals and the
same repeat.
No.
Your part has to stay in.
[SINGS] So many people were in my zone
but no one was like you, mh-mh.
How often was it not worth your while?
Because no one was like you, like you.
Like you, like you, like you, like you, like you, you yeah-yeah.
yeah-yeah.
Mostly I appreciate Nima
because he's an honest person with heart.
He always speaks freely and says what he thinks.
[BLEEP] you.
No!
No [UNINTELLIGIBLE], dude.
What also lightens the workload
is that he never says: yeah, I like it.
Even though at the moment he absolutely doesn't.
He also shares what he loves openly.
That is the worst mango I've ever eaten
in my life.
And I've had my share of mangoes.
With skin.
And as a person, I naturally appreciate him a lot.
Because we're also friends
and yeah, I really love him.
You can say.
I really love Nima.
So.
No, I'm not a cook.
That's Noah.
A very, very, very, very, very close brother of Nimo.
Also, the head chef at Moonboys.
Guys, meal is ready.
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Every day, we learn something new about who we are.
What we want.
Where we want to go.
Many, many friends weren't friends at all.
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But that's the way it is
because every friendship has its purpose.
Ali is one of my best friends.
We've known each other for 17 years.
He's been with me from day one, and day one doesn't mean the day
we started with music, but the first day
we met each other.
That was back in the crazy school days
and we spent our whole childhoods together.
Our youth.
Youth is brutal,
I tell you.
He's got it.
He pulled through.
He gave it gas.
He persisted.
He didn't give up.
At any rate, a lot of things are coming.
When it really started to take off,
everyone came at once.
They wanted to get me on things like
R8's, Lamborghini's, Porsche's, this things and that thing.
But if I had gotten used to these things so early on
at a certain point, I would become dissatisfied
and then had a crack at doing my own thing.
That's something I've always tried to avoid.
But bro, listen, you can't avoid it.
Because at some point, people connect your success
with what you have,
and I find that unfortunate.
And that's a lot of pressure.
I've had it since day one.
Will the next thing be incredible?
Am I still incredible?
Will the next thing be exactly as I want it?
Or has the time come for me to say: Okay,
I've come so far.
I've been in the game for five years, bro.
But I think this is when I say
I'm ready to start a label.
I'm ready to take this step.
Absolutely not, because I'm still in a scuff with the guys from 385i.
When many who have started a label leave their
label to start something new
and go their own way
that's always connected with dissatisfaction and it's not
always because of the stress.
We're still friends.
We will stay friends.
An artist can only live out his vision
when his conscience is clear and can completely
concentrate on his own stuff.
I concentrate on my music.
I create and live my vision with the help of
my partner.
With the help of my manager.
No matter in which subject he is an artist in,
no matter in which area he is an artist in, when his thoughts are free, when his thoughts are free...
I went to Tamin and said to him: "Hey bro,
I have a vision, I have an idea,
I've had the name for a while."
I want to start a label:
Moonboys.
You want to do it with me?
He totally realized how much inexhaustible
potential the label had
and will continue to have.
It's a really big role for both of us.
And I said, yeah.
And he said to me, "Let's think about it."
He had to be 100% certain.
That was an important step.
His career depended on it.
To every one I asked, if they wanted in,
didn't ask twice.
There are too many fake people who only see me
as a product.
And Tamin told me many times, think about it.
Think about what you want to do together.
Think about it.
Then we decided, come on,
we're founding the label Moonboys Entertainment.
I have a vision, bro.
I always think bigger.
I always think alternatively.
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I've always been amazed by the moon.
The moon has one side that no one knows.
Regardless of what country you're in.
Regardless of what city you're in.
Regardless how high or how low you are.
You always see the same picture of the moon.
There's another side behind the moon,
that no one sees.
And at some point I thought: Hey,
I'm a Moonboy.
A Moonboy is someone who is on the other side
of the moon.
The other side that others don't know.
That's me.
Moonboys, because there is more than one of us.
I'm not alone.
And the team will grow.
Each one of our fans, each of out listeners, everyone.
Whoever supports us, is a Moonboy.
Or a Moongirl.
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We live in a world of discrimination.
They look at skin color,
they look at our gestures.
They look at what we believe in.
I believe there is a place on the moon for everyone, a place for peace.
A place for love.
It's not about being a music label.
Behind the name Moonboy is much, much more.
Let's go together.
On a journey, that hopefully will never end.
On a new adventure.
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[UNINTELLIGIBLE] I swore to my mom.
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
That's the best hairdresser in the whole world.
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Because we're coming with a new style.
Music style.
And there has to be a visible sign of shock
there.
A change.
I love challenges.
I love finding new things about myself.
I love doing things, where I say: Okay,
that was incredible.
I never had that before.
And I believe this album has songs, where I say:
I've never done that before.
Songs, that no one has heard from me before.
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The new sound is wilder.
It's bold again.
But it's also lovely.
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I have a very, very, strong team around me.
Danny, Jasmin, Robert.
[UNINTELLIGIBLE] Panna.
Hi, my name is Panna.
I'm the label manager at Moonboys Entertainment.
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Nice and wide, nice and wide.
Okay.
He really goes into the studio and everything happens
freestyle.
I've seen my share of artists, and it's
unbelievable how he gets on a song.
And he makes the music his own.
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Oh my god.
Check out this cool guy.
Skiddi-Boom-Ba.
Yeah, man.
My brother Luciano.
I haven't seen him in a long, long time
and now we see each other again in Dubai.
I'm really excited about it.
I'm really glad my brother, really.
Thank you for being here.
I've missed this brother.
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Nimo has changed, yeah.
Nimo is different from the other german rappers.
He's a much, much more incredible artist.
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It's impossible to describe Nimo with one word.
He's incredibly multifaceted.
He's an incredibly affectionate person, he's very
very caring.
He is very, very crazy.
Vey, very crazy.
[WHISTLE]
Come, come.
Come, come, I have chocolate.
I believe he is the craziest person I know.
Crazy in the best way, obviously.
He's a very emotional person.
He is an incredible artist.
That was the first time we only recorded at night.
A thing I've always wished for.
Because I'm active at night, I'm a night person.
A night owl, they say.
And that was simply very, very, very, very cool.
It wasn't stressful at all.
The recordings went until 6 am, but it was very
very, very relaxed.
But now it's time to sleep.
6 am.
Closing time?
Closing time.
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We're in this totally exculsive residential area.
We'll do a shot here.
It's a new style I tried out
that I want to do more often in the future.
Go a little more in the direction of Trap,
but it's a little mixed with my old style,
that people really like.
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[UNINTELLIGIBLE] music gets out.
My voice is [HIGH-PITCHED NOISE]
[LAUGHING] Like a girl.
[HIGH-PITCHED NOISE]
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At this point I want to tell everyone
out there
believe in yourselves, believe in your dreams, regardless of what they say.
You don't need any support from anyone.
You only need your own support.
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He knows what he wants.
He has his principles.
He is concentrated, focused.
He delivers, he makes good music.
I'm really happy with him.
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You can write your vision down on a piece of paper.
But only you see the vision.
You have to fulfill that vision.
That was just a peek at our journey.
You don't have to love me.
You don't have to share my vision.
But i will convince you all.
I'm sure of that.
Moonboy.
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Thanks again, Luciano.
Thanks to Amazon for making this Documentary with us.
Thanks to Fender Media.
Thanks to everyone who was there.