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Sarkis Levoni Balasanyan (Armenian: Սարգիս Լևոնի Բալասանյան; born August 17, 1978), better known as Super Sako (Armenian: Սուպեր Սաքո), is an Armenian-American rapper, singer, DJ and record producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his hit single "Mi Gna," which ranked at #4 in France and #2 in Romania music charts in 2018.

Balasanyan was born on 17 August 1978 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union. He moved to Los Angeles, California, alongside his family at a young age and grew up in Hollywood.

As early as 1994, he started rapping under the name Sad Eyez. At the time he collaborated with the “Twinz” and AC now known as A.chilla, who were also Armenian rappers. Later becoming more involved with Armenian singers such as Suro, Tatul Avoyan and releasing an Armenian Rabiz/hip-hop mix with Samvel Sahakyan, “Mots Ari”.

Later in 2008, Super Sako would release his first official album known as Saint Sarkis.[better source needed] He would later release more albums throughout the years, which include Saint Sarkis 2, Saint Sarkis 3, Saint Sarkis 4, Sako and Friends, and his the album Love Crimes in 2016.

His 2016 single "Mi Gna" taken from his album Love Crimes, and featuring rabiz singer Spitakci Hayko, became a hit in Armenia, the Armenian diaspora, Turkey, the Arab countries, and elsewhere. Artists who have covered the song include French rapper Maître Gims.

In 2020, he released a new track with the Egyptian singer and actor and Mohamed Ramadan called "Tik Tok" which resulted in 2 million downloads in its first 24 hours of release.

In May 2022, his hand prints were cemented in front of the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Present at the ceremony were other Armenian artists such as Armenchik, Andy Madadian and Tigran Asatryan.

Also in May 2022, he released a new track called "Cake" with Offset (member of the rap group Migos).

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