Peter Pangerl (born 22 February 1981), better known as Chakuza, is an Austrian
rapper.
Career
After finishing an apprenticeship to become
chef
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, 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
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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
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 ...
.
In November 2012, it was announced that Chakuza had been signed to
Four Music. His fourth solo album ''Magnolia'' was released in March 2013 and featured a more non-electronic, songwriter attitude than the previous ones.
Biography
at fourmusic.com (in German)
Discography
* ''Suchen & Zerstören'' (2006)
* ''City Cobra'' (2007)
* ''Unter der Sonne'' (2008)
* ''Monster in mir'' (2010)
* ''Suchen & Zerstören 2'' (2010)
* ''Magnolia'' (2013)
* ''Zodiak'' (2014) ollaboration with RAF Camora and Joshi Mizu">RAF_Camora.html" ;"title="ollaboration with RAF Camora">ollaboration with RAF Camora and Joshi Mizu* ''Exit'' (2014)
* ''Noah'' (2016)
* ''Suchen und Zerstören 3'' (2018)
* ''Aurora MC'' (2019)
References
External links
Biography at ersguterjunge.de
Biography and pictures at ersguterjunge.org
Chakuza leaving ersguterjunge for Beatlefield
Beatlefield
1981 births
Living people
Austrian male rappers
Austrian male musicians
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