Iliass Mansouri known professionally as DYSTINCT, is a Belgian-Moroccan singer, songwriter, and music producer. During his youth, he played football at Dageraadplaats near his neighborhood in Bornem. Later, he followed in his father's footsteps, who was a singer, abandoning his passion for football and turning towards music production before beginning to sing at the age of fourteen. He started developing his art through English covers and then moved on to composing in Dutch, often mixing languages.