Ekrem Bora (born 3 September 1983), better known by his stage name Eko Fresh, is a German

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of Turkish descent.ALEM
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Biography

Bora was born in

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and grew up in

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, 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

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, who agreed to produce his 2001 Royal Bunker debut EP, "Jetzt kommen wir auf die Sachen". The German Stampede Wrestling, a

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based in

, 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 in 2010, Eko Fresh began an extremely prolific run, releasing four new albums over a three year span. In 2013, he delivered the wildly successful Eksodus which topped the charts in Germany and reached the top ten in Austria and Switzerland as well.

Feuds with other rappers

In 2004, Eko Fresh started a feud with his song "Die Abrechnung", where he criticized his former mentors

, Optik Records,

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and

Aggro Berlin Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. Three artists ( Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat) were signed with the label at the time of its closure. "Aggro" is Ger ...

. The song was released on 23 December 2004 on ''Juice CD # 49'' and is a

diss track A diss track, diss record or diss song (an abbreviation of ''disrespect'' or ''disparage'') is a song whose primary purpose is to verbally attack someone else, usually another artist. Diss tracks are often the result of an existing, escalating feu ...

against various other rappers, including his former mentor Kool Savas. With the track billing in which he attacked Savas and Optik Records, he laid the foundation for the battle. Savas is suppressing his labelmates and MOR, Sava's former crew, would also have disintegrated for this reason, the statement said. The Berlin label Aggro and Bushido are also dissected in the track. However, he overdid it a little, which Sava's answer track quickly clarified the verdict. Many rappers replied to "Die Abrechnung", including Illmatic with "4Eko" and

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with "Hollywoodtürke". Rappers from Optik Records also reacted: Caput with "Ich geb n fuck" and Ercandize with "Verdanken".

Discography

Eko Fresh has released 10

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s, two collaboration albums, three extended tracks, three

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, 18

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(including three singles as featured artist) and 45 free tracks.

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist Collaboration singles

Free tracks

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eko Fresh 1983 births Living people German people of Turkish descent German people of Kurdish descent Musicians from Cologne People from Mönchengladbach German male rappers Turkish male rappers Discographies of German artists Hip-hop discographies