Yonas Mellesse, known under the mononym, YONAS, is an independent hip-hop artist hailing from New York City. Yonas often claims that with his music, he hopes to "bring content back to popular music."

Hailing from New York City, Yonas fuses thought-provoking content and infectious melodies with crossover music production. In just the past three years he has independently sold 150,000+ songs, 20,000+ albums and has accumulated over 250 million streams digitally (as of 2017). Yonas has released a total of 8 projects, including multiple albums, mixtapes and EPs. His albums have consistently reached top 5 on the iTunes Hip-Hop charts, top 25 on the overall iTunes album charts and top 50 on the Billboard Hip-Hop charts.