| Eko Fresh | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ekrem Bora |
| Also known as | Eko Freezy |
| Born | September 3, 1983 Cologne, Germany[1]) |
| Origin | Turkey |
| Genres | German hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper and Songwriter |
| Labels | Optik Records (Eary 2002-late 2002) German Dream Entertainment ersguterjunge (2006-2008) |
Ekrem Bora (born September 3, 1983), better known as Eko Fresh and also as Elektro Eko, is a German rapper of Turkish descent.[2]
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Bora was born in Cologne but grew up in Mönchengladbach[3] without a father; his mother supported the family as a postal worker. He began to rap at the age of 14, then dropped out of school after 10th grade and started work at a shoe shop.[2]
Bora met there rapper Kool Savas, who became his mentor, aiding the release of his first LP on Royal Bunker, Jetzt kommen wir auf die Sachen.
After Bora's success, he and Savas fell out. Kool Savas blamed Bora's recklessness and arrogance in an interview, while he accused Savas and Optik Records of kicking him out to further their own success.
Bora left the label in 2002 and was later signed at Sony BMG, where he began production of his first solo album Ich bin jung und brauche das Geld released 2003. The titular song was released as single and was very successful: it reached 5th on the single charts.
In 2004 Bora and his girlfriend Valezka produced and released the album L.O.V.E. (Life Of Valezka and Eko), concerning their relationship. The only single was "L.O.V.E.". This album was the relaxed, calm, and melodious, fitting better into the R&B genre than Hip Hop music.
In the same year Bora founded his own label, German Dream Entertainment. He signed himself as well as Capkekz, Farid Urlaub (later Farid Bang), G-Style, Hakan Abi, Kingsize, La Honda, Prodycem, S.Diddy and Summer Cem.
In 2004 Eko Fresh released his controversial single "Die Abrechnung", that mainly disses Kool Savas and as well several known rappers in Germany, including Fler and Sido.
Fler responded with "Hollywood Türke", describing Eko Fresh as "wanna be gangster". Eko Fresh's mixtape Fick noch immer dein Story features track titled "FLERräter", which features Bushido another rival of Fler. Its said that Bushido, who had been insulted on "Die Abrechnung", had forgave Eko and had teamed up against Fler.
Fler and B-Tight responded with the track "Du Opfer", were they made unkind remarks and telling Eko Fresh that he is nothing. B-Tight he dissed him as well because he got insulted in "Die Abrechnung".
Eko Fresh was born in Mönchengladbach, where he attended high school through the tenth grade. He grew up without a father because his parents were living separately.[2]
He has also been featured by German Stampede Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in Cologne.[4] He has had actual wrestling matches at the promotion's events including Night in Motion X, Southern Conflict II, X-Limits, Battlefield 2008 and Northern Night since 2007.[5]