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Stoka

Croatian rapper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ1565391
Source-derived summary

Marin Ivanović (Croatian pronunciation: [mâriːn ǐʋanoʋit͡ɕ]; born 24 June 1981), better known by his stage name Stoka ([stôka], Croatian for 'cattle'), is a Croatian rapper artist who used to be the half of the duo, Nered & Stoka. He stems from the Zagreb neighborhood of Kvatrić. In 2005, Stoka was host of the Croatian version of The Bar reality show, which aired on Nova TV. In 2007, Stoka spent several months in a therapeutic community to fight his cocaine addiction.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Stoka” as croatian rapper. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1981, 2005, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1981-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Stoka, Croatian and rapper can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as croatian rapper. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1565391. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 2005 and 2007.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Stoka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.