Yassin's parents are originally from Basra, Iraq but emigrated to the United Arab Emirates in the 1970's. Yassin was born in Dubai in 1982. At the age of five (1987) he and his family moved to Montreal, Canada. Yassin spent much of his youth moving back and forth between Canada and the UAE, spending his high school years receiving an education in Dubai. In the year 2000 Yassin moved back to Montreal, Canada and started working on his music production in a local recording studio. He simultaneously attended Concordia University, where he received his BA and an MA in the Media Studies Department.