In the artist's words:

Basstard, also known as Battle Basstard, MC Basstard, MC Basstard One or Der kleine Mann, (born May 22 , 1982 in Tehran; real name Nima Najafi-Hashemi) is a German rapper and Berlin Crime and Bass Crew member. His mystical style, often based on occult and horror themes, makes him a co-founder of the German horrorcore rap genre. He is also (from 2017 to 2019 and again since 2022) part of the horrorcore group (self-interpretation: "Schattenbass") Zombiez, which consists of Zombie Red/GKO, Zombie Whytte/Tamas, Zombie Black/MXP, Zombie GR€Y/KVSV and MC Basstard as Purple Z.