Ivan Hilje (born 15 September 1992), better known under his stage name Hiljson Mandela, is a Croatian rapper and singer-songwriter, and also a member of a hip hop trio KUKU$.
He is a son of Croatian opera singer Diana Hilje and showed his interest in music at an early age.
In 2008, aged 16, he founded an alternative-rock band called Prazna Lepinja, sang and played a saxophone.
), Mislav Kljenak (Iso Miki) and three former members, who later left – he founded a trap-based band KUKU$, which made them a pioneers of the same genre in Croatia.
In May 2022, he released his first solo studio album – Mandela Effect, which soon gained popularity in Croatia and regionally, especially because of viral songs such as "Cura S Kvarta" (translated as "A Girl From the Block"), "Mbappé", "McLaren" (recorded in collaboration with Serbian rapper and singer Rasta), "Neće K***c" (with Croatian rapper Grše), "Lova" (translated as "Cash") and others.