The Most Famous Singers With Persian Descent

 Mehrzad Marashi; (born 20 September 1980) is an Iranian-German singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 7.Born in Tehran, Iran where his father was in the military profession during the Shah’s regime. The family immigrated to Germany for political reasons when Mehrzad was just six residing in Hamburg. At 13 he joined a gospel choir and eventually took classes at the Sängerakademie studying voice and piano. Taking the stage name Marasco, he released self-produced recordings finding some limited success. He recorded “She’s Gone”, a cover of “She’s Like the Wind” from Patrick Swayze. He opened a karaoke bar, but the business went bankrupt and he had to live on welfare for a while..