His family was forced to leave Iraq in 1981 due to the political activities of his father, Fatih Rasul.

[5] When he was a young boy, Koyi lived in Soviet Union,[6] where he continued his studies at Interdom in the city of Ivanovo.

[3][7] After finishing high school in 1990, he moved to the Eskilstuna in Sweden where he reunited with his long-separated family.

In 2000, Aras Koyi started his own music company, Arasia Media Services and Production.

It was inspired by the annual La Tomatina festival in the town of Bunol, Spain.