Boško Ćirković (
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:Бошко Ћирковић) (born 4 December 1976) better known as Škabo (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Шкабо) is a
rapper
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, beatmaker and producer from
Belgrade,
Serbia
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. He has released three albums as a member of
Beogradski Sindikat, nine solo albums and one album together with his wife, under the name
PKS.
Beginnings
Before Beogradski Sindikat, Škabo was a member of underground rap group called ''Red Zmaja'' (''Order of the Dragon''). Then in 1999, alongside eight other
MC's he founded
Beogradski sindikat. He participated in almost every aspect of making the ''
BSSST...Tišinčina'' - their first album. Besides still being a part of Beograski sindikat, he is now also a part of newly formed band
F4 (Fantastic Four) which includes Škabo, DJ Iron and Zobla (not from Beogradski Sindikat, but Skabo's cousin) and Marlon Brutal.
Work outside music
From 2001 to 2005 he worked as radio host on Radio
SKC. His show was called ''Sindikalni termin'' and it was about
Serbian hip-hop, demo-groups and events.
During 2003 he was writing a column for ''
Glas javnosti
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'' daily.
He is also one of the founders and a CEO of "Magmedia" d.o.o. company for protection and exploitation of intellectual property.
He is currently writing a column for ''
Večernje novosti'' daily and music reviews for Serbian editions of ''
Maxim
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'' and ''
Playboy
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'' magazines.
He is also co-author of radio show "Treći put" ("The Third Way") on RTS's Belgrade 202 channel.
Škabo also appears in
Boris Malagurski's documentary film ''
The Weight of Chains'' in which he advocates social change in
Serbia
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.
Discography
As a member of Beogradski Sindikat:
*1998: ''
Gistro''
*2001: ''
BSSST...Tišinčina''
*2002: ''
Govedina
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''
*2005: ''
Svi Zajedno''
*2006: ''
Oni su
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''
*2010: ''
Diskretni Heroji''
Solo:
*2003: Škabo - ''Sam''
*2005: PKS (Škabo & Nadica) - ''PVO''
*2008: Škabo - ''Remek delo''
*2009: Škabo - ''Deset Dina Glasa Na Matrici''
*2010: Škabo - ''Muzika za demonstracije''
*2011: Škabo - ''Čovek''
*2011: Škabo - ''Vuk (EP)''
*2012: Škabo - ''Beskonačno''
*2014: Škabo - ''Priča 2 Vuka''
*2015: Škabo - ''Toprek X Škabo (EP)''
*2017: (Škabo & Žobla) - ''Kalaši i Nive (EP)''
See also
*
Serbian hip hop
*
Political hip hop
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External links
Beogradski Sindikat (Serbian)Škabo Myspace page (Serbian)
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1976 births
Living people
Musicians from Belgrade
Serbian rappers
Serbian hip hop DJs