Nima was born in 1983 during the Iran-Iraq war. He spent his early childhood witnessing the bombing of his city Esfahan. During these formative years and with the encouragement, nurturing, and guidance of both his parents, he started expressing himself artistically through poetry and storytelling, a cultural art-form which itself was under siege.
In 1991, Nima and his family migrated to Australia and resettled in Townsville. With little in the way of cultural and social understanding of the society they had entered, his early days of life in Australia proved difficult.
Following his earlier interest in storytelling, Nima found a natural affinity with hip-hop and immersed himself in the culture and music of this genre.
Nima has performed in Opera Queensland’s production, The Pearl Fishers. This was alongside the ongoing Hip-Hop events which he organised and/or performed at. Nima has headlined at numerous festivals and shows in North Queensland and supported numerous international touring artists.
Nima has not limited himself to Hip-Hop and has actively engaged with other genres and utilises a variety of media to craft and create unique artworks that exhibit and explore contemporary concepts of race and culture as experienced by migrants in Australia.
