Kollegah
German rapper Kollegah moved through a wide range of styles over the years, moving from a gangsta rap style he described as "pimp rap" into other equally inventive approaches. Kollegah's fluid, multi-syllabic rap style and confident persona proved commercially successful on albums like 2014's platinum-selling King.
Born Felix Antoine Blume to a Canadian father and German mother in Friedberg, Hesse, in 1984, Kollegah began competing in various rap battles from a young age. Following stints working for a bus company and as a translator, he signed to Selfmade Records in 2005. After releasing the mixtapes Zuhältertape X-Mas Edition and Boss der Bosse, his debut studio album, Alphagene, was issued in 2007, and was quickly followed by 2008's self-titled sophomore outing. In 2009, he became involved in a public feud with several artists from the influential Aggro Berlin label and collaborated with Düsseldorf rapper Farid Bang on the joint album Jung Brutal Gutaussehend. While studying for a law degree at Johannes Gutenberg University, he released his third effort, Bossaura, in 2011. In 2013, Kollegah and Farid Bang reunited for Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend, Vol. 2, which rose all the way to number one in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. One year later, Kollegah's fourth proper album, King, repeated the same feat on the German and Swiss charts, featuring appearances from Farid Bang as well as Favorite, Casper, and Game. Although all his albums had appeared via Selfmade, Kollegah announced at the beginning of 2016 that he'd started his own label, Alpha Music Empire. At the end of the year, he released his fifth studio album, Imperator, which instantly hit the top spots in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The massive Monument followed in 2018 and even though Kollegah announced he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from making music around the time of the album's release, he returned at the end of 2019 with the sprawling, 24-track album Alphagene II.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
Similar artists
-
Wir sind die Täter
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Asche on Nov 19, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gigolo (Sommerhit)
Germany - Released by Alpha Music Empire on Apr 27, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
GHETTO HIMMEL GRAU
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Blockpanorama on Oct 1, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Real für die Fam
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Alpha Music Empire on May 11, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Bosshaftes Massaker
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Asche on Dec 21, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Home Invade
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by BBM Records on Jun 30, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo