Marin Ivanović, better known by his pseudonym Stoka (the Croatian

Croatian language

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 word for cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

), is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n rap artist who used to be the half of the duo, Nered & Stoka. He stems from the Zagreb

Zagreb

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 neighborhood of Šalata

Šalata

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In 2005, Stoka was host of the Croatian version of The Bar reality show

The Bar (TV Series)

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, which aired on Nova TV. In 2007, Stoka spent several months in a therapeutic community

Therapeutic community

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 to fight his cocaine addiction.