MC Yankoo

MC Yankoo
Born (1981-08-27) 27 August 1981 (age 45)
Vienna, Austria
GenreHip-hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
Years active2003–present

Aleksandar Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јанковић; born 27 August 1981), professionally known as MC Yankoo, is an Austrian-born Serbian rapper. In 2014, he collaborated with Serbian vocalist Milica Todorović, for the song "Moje zlato" (My Precious), which was the first music video in Serbia to reach a hundred million views on YouTube.

Career

His first contract at the age of 17 was unsuccessful. Further performances on the Balkan scene followed under the name Salex. In 2004, he toured Italy, Austria and Germany with his band LDT. Since 2008, he has been recording songs with MC Stojan and becoming more and more popular; the hits "Tvoje tange" (2010), "Ja volim Balkan" (2011; dance hit with Dado Polumenta and DJ Mlađa next to MC Stojan and him), "Kakva guza" (2011) followed. The song "Ne zovi me" (2011) reached position 10 on the iTunes Dance chart. One of his first recognized hits was "Shake 3x", a collaboration with Rene Rodriguez and DJ Antoine from 2012 then included in the Austrian list Ö3 Austria Top 40 (position 31); on the German charts, this song reached 63rd place; he has four more songs on the Austrian charts ("Loca" 44, "We Let It Burn" 48, "Around the World" 15, "I’m Coming for Your Soul" 57). The summer hit "Loca" was recorded in 2012 with DJ Mlađa.

In 2009, he founded his own music house, Yankoo Music.

Discography

Singles

Compilations

References

  1. ↑ "MC Yankoo - Aleksandar Jankovic - Bosna-Forum".
  2. ↑ "MILICA TODOROVIĆ I MC YANKOO ZAPALILI REGION". Press Serbia (in Serbian).
  3. ↑ "OVO JE NAJSLUŠANIJA PESMA U SRBIJI! Ima više od 320 MILIONA pregleda, nećete verovati o kojoj domaćoj numeri je reč!". mondo.rs (in Serbian).
  4. ↑ Mitrovic, Maja (19 November 2021). "Aleksandar Janković (MC Yankoo) Biografija". Biografije Poznatih (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "IDJTV - Uđite u svet muzike". idjtv.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.