French rapper from Évry, Essonne. He is signed to Universal Music France and Barclay Records. He was initially in the rap group Negro Deep before going solo. Niska is a derivative of his name Stany in reverse, replacing the "t" with a "k". Niska has released four albums, Charo Life, Zifukoro, Commando, Mr Sal, and Le monde est méchant with the first two reaching number 3 on SNEP, the official French Albums chart and the third and fourth topping the French chart