Biography
Who is Yung Hurn?
Early life and real name
Julian Sellmeister was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 18, 1995. He originates from the Viennese district Hirschstetten located in the 22nd district of Donaustadt. In his youth, up to the U15 category, he played football for SV Hirschstetten.
In 2014, the high school dropout got to know the Viennese rapper Rap4Fikk and shortly thereafter began rapping himself. His early music was soon assigned by journalists to cloud rap, a subgenre that started in the United States at the end of the 2000s.
Musical career and releases
Together with the producer Lex Lugner, Yung Hurn recorded the EP Wiener Linien in 2015. In July of that same year, he released his debut mixtape titled 22. The track Nein from this release was voted one of the top ten best national music tracks of the year by readers of the German hip hop magazine Juice.
In 2016, he followed up with the Krocha Tape and released music under the alias K. Ronaldo, portraying a fictitious older brother. Also, he collaborated with the German rapper RIN on the independent single Bianco, which was voted single of the year in the Juice annual charts.
Albums and side projects
Yung Hurn released the compilation In Memory of Yung Hurn, Classic Compilation in December 2016. In 2017, he released the EP Love Hotel and the singles Popo and Ok Cool. Later that year, he announced his debut studio album 1220, which was officially released in May 2018 alongside DJ Stickle.
He also formed the Love Hotel Band, collaborating with the Berlin actor Lars Eidinger on retro pop songs like Diamant. His later releases included the Crazy Horse Club mixtape vol.1 in 2022.
Birthday and age
Yung Hurn was born on January 18, 1995, which makes Yung 31 years old today. That birthday falls under the Capricorn sign. Yung shares the date with 47 other famous people.
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