Robert Edward Davis (born 28 December 1979), better known by his stage name B-Tight, is an American-born German rapper.
Early life
Davis was born in
Palm Springs, California
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, to a German mother and an African American father, but grew up in
Berlin
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.
When he was younger, he initially wanted to become a professional basketball player, however, a foot injury prevented him from doing so. Davis grew up in
Märkisches Viertel in Berlin, where he also met his later roommate and rap partner
Sido, with whom he formed the duo
A.i.d.S and they began to write song lyrics. The group's beats were made on a
PlayStation.
Career
1998–2000: Early career
Davis and
Sido released their first demo album, ''Wissen Flow Talent'', over
hip hop label
Royal Bunker, as duo called
Royal TS. It follows more demo recordings of them, joined by Vokalmatador and Rhymin Simon. Later they formed group
Die Sekte, but they broke up in 2000. In the same year, released Davis' first release ''B-Tight sein Album'' as demo tape.
2001–2004: Rise to "fame"
In 2001, B-Tight signed in January to Berlin-based label
Aggro Berlin, as well as Sido. Both rapper released their EP ''Das Mic und ich'' as Royal TS and the labels official first release. B-Tight released his EP ''Der Neger (in mir)'', in 2002, but it caused controversies as its hard and aggressive song lyrics, which were typical for the labels music style. Later rapper
Bushido
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signed, who joined B-Tight and Sido.
In 2002, B-Tight worked with his label mates on their label albums ''Aggro Ansage Nr. 1'' and ''Aggro Ansage Nr. 2'' (released 2003).
In 2005, Davis recorded songs with Tony D for their mixtape ''Heisse Ware''.
Music
B-Tight is affiliated with the music label
Aggro Berlin with whom he released a number of hit singles; amongst them, "Der Neger". Another popular single was titled "Neger bums mich!" (Negro fuck me!) on the "Aggro Ansage Nr. 3". His songs often tell about a fight between black and white in himself.
Discography
* 2007: ''Neger Neger''
* 2008: ''Goldständer''
* 2012: ''Drinne''
* 2015: ''Retro''
* 2016: ''Born 2 B-Tight''
* 2017: ''Wer hat das Gras weggeraucht?''
* 2018: ''A.i.d.S. Royal''
* 2019: ''Aggroswing''
References
External links
Official website
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German rappers
Musicians from Palm Springs, California
Musicians from Berlin
Living people
1979 births
German people of American descent
German people of African-American descent
American people of German descent
Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest
Gangsta rappers
People from Reinickendorf