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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
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as second son to his German father and Filipino mother. He grew up in
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. 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
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, 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
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, where contacted
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and later signed to his label German Dream Entertainment. Kay One later left German Dream too, due to the failure of his commercial success. Because of financial problems, he moved back to his home town in
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. In late December 2006, he met rapper
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and signed in 2007 to
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 ...
.


2007–2009: ersguterjunge and rise to fame

Kay One gained popularity with guest appearances on his labelmates albums and with free tracks on the internet. His popularity rose due to his close collaborations with
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on the labelsampler ''ersguterjunge Sampler Vol. 3 – Alles Gute kommt von unten'', with the lead single "Alles Gute kommt von unten" (with
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and
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) reaching the
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in Germany and Austria. He later served as Bushido's back-up during his live performances. Kay One won the ''
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'' Awards in the category "Newcomer of 2008", because of his many leaked freetracks on the internet.


2010–2011: ''Kenneth allein zu Haus'' and Berlins Most Wanted

On 7 May 2010 he released his debut album '' Kenneth allein zu Haus'' with guest appearances such as
Fler Patrick Losenský (born 3 April 1982), known professionally as Fler, is a German rapper and the CEO of Maskulin Music Group. Career 2000–2006: Beginnings Fler was first recognized in the rap scene through collaborations with Bushido. T ...
,
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, Philippe Heithier, his former partner Benny Blanko. The song "Style & das Geld", that featured Bushido was released as promotional single. Lead single "Ich brech die Herzen" reached #67 in Germany . Kay One joined the group Berlins Most Wanted with Bushido and Fler in late 2010. The group already existed in 2001, composed of Bushido, King Orgasmus One and Bass Sultan Hengzt. The two singles "Berlins Most Wanted" and "Weg eines Krieges" were released on 8 October and the group's album '' Berlins Most Wanted'' was released on 22 October.


2012–present: ''Prince of Belvedair'', the split-up with ersguterjunge and ''AP''

Kay One announced in early 2012 his album '' Prince of Belvedair'', which was released in March 2012 by
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 ...
. The first single "I Need a Girl (Part Three)", featuring American R&B singer
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, released on 17 February and ranked #29 in the German charts. On 30 March 2012 Kay One's videos, along with millions of their views, have been removed from
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's YouTube channel. Bushido
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recently: "I don't have beef, with anyone". Following that, Kay One reacted via
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: The statement ends with the word "exguterjunge". Bushido tweeted hours later: "Kay is not an exguterjunge for me, my doors are open for him". Kay One's answer via Facebook: "(...) Therefore you banned all my videos, with over 60.000.000 views (...)". Also Shindy, who has been recently signed to ersguterjunge, left the label. On 10 April Kay One left ersguterjunge via
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. Five days prior to this, Bushido announced the trademark of the phrase "Kay One" on the
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. On 24 November 2012, released a video featuring American rapper
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, titled ''Bottles & Models''.


Discography

*'' Kenneth allein zu Haus'' (2010) *'' Berlins Most Wanted'' (with Berlins Most Wanted) (2010) *'' Prince of Belvedair'' (2012) *''Rich Kidz'' (as Prince Kay One) (2013) *''Jung genug um drauf zu scheissen'' (2015) *''Der Junge von damals'' (2016) *''Makers Gonna Make'' (2018)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kay One (Rapper) German male rappers 21st-century male rappers German people of Filipino descent Living people 1984 births People from Friedrichshafen People from Ravensburg