The rapper behind the Swiss banknote (Swiss Press Text 2025, by Linus Schöpfer)

The rapper behind the Swiss banknote

NZZ am Sonntag

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2025

Linus Schöpfer

No work of art is more precious to the Swiss than the banknote. But who designed it? This question leads to Lukas Schuler. Once a Swiss hip-hop star, he disappeared overnight and for years. For a profile for NZZ am Sonntag, I was able to meet Schuler – and talk to him about his life's project: creating the world's largest banknote.

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Linus Schöpfer / Swiss Press Award

Linus Schöpfer

Redaktor, Winterthur, 1985

Aufgewachsen im Entlebuch, Studium in Bern und Berlin: Literaturwissenschaft und Geschichte. Von 2011 bis 2021 beim «Tages-Anzeiger», seit 2022 Kulturredaktor der «NZZ am Sonntag». Autor des Sachbuchs «Schwere Kerle rollen besser. Warum die Schweiz das Schwingen erfand» (Nagel & Kimche, 2019)

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