Ibrahim "Ibrica" Jusić is a Croatian singer-songwriter born on December 15, 1944, in Dubrovnik. He learned to play the guitar under the direction of his older brother Đelo Jusić and performed acoustic music in Dubrovnik before starting his professional career in Zagreb in 1965. Jusić gained national recognition at the Zagreb Festival, winning first prize in 1968 with the song “Celuloidni pajac”, followed by wins in 1969 with “Osobenjak” and 1970 with “Mačka”. He moved to Paris in 1971 to perform in cabarets while returning annually for the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. In 1974, he became one of the first Yugoslav singers to record an LP for Jugoton, releasing albums such as Skaline od sudbine and Emina. After living in Sweden and recording the 1988 album Hodaju ljudi, he returned to Croatia in 1991. His later work includes the tribute album Hazarder (A Tribute to Leonard Cohen) and the sevdalinka collection Amanet. Jusić was officially invited to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004.
