Ersguterjunge
ersguterjunge is an independent German hip hop label distributed by Sony BMG. It was founded by rappers D-Bo and Bushido in 2004, after he left the indie label Aggro Berlin. Bushido is the managing director. ''ersguterjunge'' is a reflexion on some of Germany's immigrant population's slang for standard German "''er ist ein guter Junge''" ("he is a good boy"). History Bass Sultan Hengzt was signed in 2005, but left shortly after the release of his album ''Rap braucht immer noch kein Abitur''. DJ Ilan and DJ Devin also left, due to personal issues, and were replaced by producers Chakuza and DJ Stickle, alias Beatlefield.Interview mit Bushido auf dj-qpin.com Two more artists were signed little later: Screwaholic now part of Anno Domini Nation, a producer, and Bizzy Montana, a ra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bushido (rapper)
Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi (born 28 September 1978), better known by his alias Bushido, is a German rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur. He is also the co-founder of the record label ersguterjunge. Raised in Berlin, Ferchichi came in contact with hip-hop through graffiti and his friend and fellow rapper Fler. In 2001, Ferchichi released his demo '' King of KingZ'', which later led him to sign a record label deal with Aggro Berlin. Ferchichi's first official release was '' Carlo Cokxxx Nutten'' in 2002, a collaboration with Fler. Early life Ferchichi was born on 28 September 1978 to a Tunisian father and German mother in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany. His father left the family when Bushido was three years old while his mother decided to move to West-Berlin. He grew up with his brother in Berlin-Tempelhof, where he attended two gymnasiums before dropping out in eleventh grade. According to his autobiography, Ferchichi was found guilty of drug possession an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kay One (rapper)
Kenneth Glöckler (born 7 September 1984) is a German rapper known as Kay One. He is also known as Prince Kay One. Life and career 1984–2006: Early life, Royal Bunker and German Dream Kay One was born in Friedrichshafen as second son to his German father and Filipino mother. He grew up in Ravensburg. He began to rap as a 13-year-old, when he was with his brother and a friend in the woods. They began to freestyle about their experience they had throughout the day. In 2001, at age 16, he attended the Royal Rumble in Stuttgart, the biggest rap competition in Germany, and won after several battles. During that time, he and fellow rapper Jaysus had formed the duo Chablife. At age 17, Kay One and Jaysus signed to underground hip hop label Royal Bunker. However he left Royal Bunker in 2005 and moved to Cologne, where contacted Eko Fresh and later signed to his label German Dream Entertainment. Kay One later left German Dream too, due to the failure of his commercial succes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tarééc
Tarek Hussein (born 3 July 1978), better known by his stage name Tarééc, is a German R&B singer of Lebanese and Palestinian descent. He was previously part of the German boy band The Boyz where he was known as T-Soul. The Boyz Through the talent show ''Blonds Talent Award'', Hussein got discovered and shortly thereafter made his first studio recording and became a member of the boy band The Boyz in 1996. The group included himself under the name "T-Soul", as well as Florian Fischer ("Flow"), Adel Tawil ("Kane"), Salvatore Di Blasi, and Stephane Claudio Kroll-Marongiu. The Boyz released two studio albums, ''Boyz in da House'' in 1997 and ''Next Level'' in 1998. Their single "One Minute" attained gold status. They split up in 1999. Solo career After the dissolution of The Boyz, Tarek fell into depression and became a drug addict. As part of his therapy, his psychologist advised him to express feelings and experiences in writing, Tarek started writing lyrics to possible son ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Electro Ghetto
''Electro Ghetto'' is the second studio album by German rapper Bushido. It released on 25 October 2004 by his newly founded record label ersguterjunge and Universal Music Group. This was the first record since he has left former label Aggro Berlin. Background After the success of his debut album ''Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline'' Bushido left the label Aggro Berlin due to personal issues with the label's founders Specter, Spaiche and Halil Efe and signed to Universal Music, where he founded with fellow rapper D-Bo the label ersguterjunge. Bremen rapper Baba Saad, who was 18 years old that time, has been discovered through the internet by D-Bo and Bushido, and invited him for the album's recording session, where he ended up being frequently featured on the album. Saad later signed to ersguterjunge and joined Bushido on his tour ''Auf die harte Tour'' as backup. Recording ''Electro Ghetto'' was finished within eight weeks, according to Bushido himself was it his shortest albu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chakuza
Peter Pangerl (born 22 February 1981), better known as Chakuza, is an Austrian rapper. Career After finishing an apprenticeship to become chef, he teamed up with DJ Stickle and MC J and formed the hip hop group ''Verbale Systematik''. When MC J left the group in 2002, they changed their name to ''Beatlefield'' and became a production duo. In 2005, the two of them approached Bushido and handed him a demo tape of theirs, which consisted of numerous beats and one song. At about the same time Austrian police had taken Bushido in because of battery allegations, and during the trial the rapper was not allowed to leave Austria. This resulted in Bushido temporarily living at Chakuza's place and further in the signing of Chakuza and DJ Stickle to Bushido's label ersguterjunge. In November 2012, it was announced that Chakuza had been signed to Four Music Four Music (''Four Music Productions GmbH'') is a German record label founded by hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samra (rapper)
Hussein Akkouche (Samra45) (born 15 January 1995), known professionally as Samra, is a Lebanese-German rapper. In November 2018, he had his first TF1 solo number-one in Germany with "Cataleya". In January 2019, Samra was named the winner of the Hiphop.de Award in the Best National Newcomer category. Career Samra (then known as Samra45) first attracted attention on the German rap scene in the autumn of 2016 as a guest performer on Alpa Gun's album ''Zurück zur Straße'' – particularly on "Chaos", where he criticized 187 Strassenbande. Later that year, he was featured on Mert's "U21". Samra was reportedly approached in 2017 by Farid Bang, who was interested in signing the rapper to his Banger Musik label, but Samra refused. That year, Bushido signed Samra to his EGJ label. In April 2018, Samra released his first track in a year. The single, "Rohdiamant", had 6.6 million streams in its first week and debuted at number 26 in Germany. It was the first time Samra entered ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kenneth Allein Zu Haus
''Kenneth allein zu Haus'' ("Kenneth Home Alone") is the debut album by German rapper Kay One, released on 30 April 2010 via ersguterjunge. It was also released as a premium edition with three added songs, while the standard edition features 18 songs. The album features guest appearances of Fler, Bushido, Philippe Heithier, Frauenarzt, Nyze, and his former partner Benny Blanko. The song "Style & das Geld" was released as a promotional single. The lead single "Ich brech die Herzen" reached No. 67 in Germany. The album's title is based on the film ''Home Alone'' (1990), which is titled ''Kevin – Allein zu Haus'' ("Kevin – Home Alone") in Germany. Music and production The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in record producer Beatzarre's studio in Berlin. All songs were produced by Beatzarre & Djorkaeff, except "Bitte vergiess mich nicht" (produced with Leander Bauer and Philippe Heithier) "Du fehlst mir" (produced with Bushido) and "Nie vorbei" (produced with Philipp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Capital Bra
; born 23 November 1994), known professionally as Capital Bra (German pronunciation: ɐpiˌtal ˈbɾa, is a German rapper. Born in a small town in Siberia, Russia and raised in Dnipro, Ukraine, he and his mother moved to Berlin, Germany in the early 2000s. He started rapping at the age of 11 and participated at ''Rap am Mittwoch'' in 2014, a German battle rap tournament. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, Capital Bra released his first studio album ''Kuku Bra'' in January 2016 to minor commercial success in Germany. The follow-ups ''Makarov Complex'' and ''Blyat'' were released in February and September 2017 and peaked in the top 5 of German-speaking Europe. His fourth studio album, '' Berlin lebt'' (2018), peaked at number one in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the follow-up ''Allein'' (2018), debuted at number two on the German album charts. Balovatsky is the most successful charting German act, with 22 number-one songs in Germany. Biography 1994–2014: Early ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baba Saad
Saad El-Haddad ( ar, سعد الحداد; born 26 November 1985), better known by his stage names Baba Saad or just Saad, is a German rapper of Lebanese descent. Early life Baba Saad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but emigrated to Syke in northern Germany in 1994. Career In early 2005, Saad was featured alongside Bushido in the joint album '' Carlo Cokxxx Nutten 2''. In the summer of 2005, he got signed to Bushido's label ersguterjunge. At the end of 2005, he was featured on Bushido's album '' Staatsfeind Nr. 1''. In the spring of 2006, Saad released his own album, called '' Das Leben ist Saad'' ("Life is Saad"). In March 2011, he joined newcomer Haftbefehl at a concert and announced after the performance that he had left ersguterjunge. In an interview, he later stated that there were creative differences between him and the label. Moving on, he founded his own record label called ''Halunkenbande''. But just a few months after signing the rappers ''Dú Maroc'' and ''SadiQ'', Sa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bisou
Bisou (French for "kiss") was a German girl group founded by rapper Bushido in 2007. History All members were contestants in the fifth season of '' Popstars'', but only two made it to the final twelve (into the so-called "Bandhaus") and none made it to the final six. At '' The Dome 40'', they were guests to cheer for the winners of that season of ''Popstars'', Monrose. They met Bushido, who they knew from a visit to him at the ''Popstar''-Bandhouse, and began to talk. Bushido then came up with the idea to form them into a new band – and Bisou was born. Bushido presented the band at ''The Dome 41'' in March 2007, where they sang live in front of the public. They released their first single "Die erste Träne" ("The first tear"), and a week later the debut album ''Hier und Jetzt'' ("Here and now") was released over Bushido's record label ersguterjunge. In October, they published the second single "Die Sonne geht auf" ("The sun rises"), but the single did not reach the charts. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bisou (band)
Bisou (French for "kiss") was a German girl group founded by rapper Bushido in 2007. History All members were contestants in the fifth season of ''Popstars'', but only two made it to the final twelve (into the so-called "Bandhaus") and none made it to the final six. At '' The Dome 40'', they were guests to cheer for the winners of that season of ''Popstars'', Monrose. They met Bushido, who they knew from a visit to him at the ''Popstar''-Bandhouse, and began to talk. Bushido then came up with the idea to form them into a new band – and Bisou was born. Bushido presented the band at ''The Dome 41'' in March 2007, where they sang live in front of the public. They released their first single "Die erste Träne" ("The first tear"), and a week later the debut album '' Hier und Jetzt'' ("Here and now") was released over Bushido's record label ersguterjunge. In October, they published the second single "Die Sonne geht auf" ("The sun rises"), but the single did not reach the charts. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eko Fresh
Ekrem Bora (born 3 September 1983), better known by his stage name Eko Fresh, is a German rapper of Turkish and Kurdish descent.ALEMEKO FRESH-EK IS BACKRetrieved 5 September 2010 Eko Fresh auf Twitter: "@xRay_RU halber Kurde halber Türke aber eigentlich ja deutscher" / TwitterRetrieved 20 May 2019 Biography Bora was born in Cologne and grew up in Mönchengladbach, raised by his single mother, a postal worker. He began rapping at age 14 and eventually dropped out of school in tenth grade. Afterwards, he started working in a shoe store to make ends meet. While working his retail gig, Bora met Kool Savas, who agreed to produce his 2001 Royal Bunker debut EP, "Jetzt kommen wir auf die Sachen". The German Stampede Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in Cologne, featured Bora. He had wrestling matches in promotional events including ''Night in Motion X'', ''Southern Conflict II'', ''X-Limits'', ''Battlefield 2008'', and ''Northern Night'' since 2007. Beginning ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |