| Farid Bang | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Farid El Abdellaoui |
| Born | June 4, 1986 |
| Origin | Melilla, Spain |
| Genres | Hip-Hop, Rap |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Labels | German Dream Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Kollegah, Eko Fresh |
Farid El Abdellaoui (born June 4, 1986),[1] better known as Farid Bang, is a Düsseldorf-based rapper of Moroccan descent.
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Abdellaoui was born in Melilla, Spain, however he grew up with the age of eight, in the Spanish city of Malaga, before he moved with his family to Düsseldorf, Germany.[2]
Farid Bang began to rap, at the age of 19, together with his friend called "Tekken". Through Summer Cem he met Eko Fresh, who signed him to his label German Dream Entertainment.[3] In 2005 Farid Bang was featured on three songs appeared Eko Fresh's mixtape Fick immer noch deine Story. During that time, he used the pseudonym "Farid Urlaub" (based on German rock artist Farin Urlaub). In 2006, an album was planned to be released, entitled Ghetto Kodex, which however never got published.
In 2008, Farid Bang's debut album, titled Asphalt Massaka, released over German Dream Entertainment on July 4. However, it was relatively unsuccessful, but he paid attention as battle rapper, through his.[4] He had been supported by many artists, including Eko Fresh, Deso Dogg, Capkekz and Summer Cem. The album his known for its battle rap style and insults against German rappers, including Kool Savas, Optik Records,[5] Olli Banjo, Loggarizm, Curse.[6] The album has been positive criticized by Marcus Staiger, the editor of the website rap.de,[7] who describes it as "funny" and that Farid Bang "is an amusing guy".
After the release of his debut album, Farid Bang stated that he won't record an album in 2009. As well as rapper Kollegah confirmed to not record for his own.
On March 2009, Farid Bang was featured on the song "Westdeutschlands Kings" from Chronik 2, an album that features the artists of label Selfmade Records. The song features also Kollegah and Favorite and leaked on the internet as free "pre-single".[8]
In July released Farid Bang together with Kollegah the collaboration album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend, over Selfmade Records. In the German Charts it reached #30 and for only single "Mitternacht" was a video shot in the Serbian capital Belgrade.[9]
In 2010, released Farid Bang his second album Asphalt Massaka 2, which ranked #56 in the German Album Charts.
On 18 February 2011, released his third album Banger leben kürzer which ranked #11 in the German album charts, in Switzerland #25 and in Austria #32. With this album reached Farid Bang the highest chart entrance for himself and his label German Dream.
The song "Westdeutschlands Kings" from Chronik 2, is a diss to the Aggro Berlin artists Fler, Sido and Kitty Kat. Two days later leaked the track "Früher wart ihr Fans" by Fler, Silla (that time called Godsilla) and Kitty Kat as response.[10] At the song's end Sido could be hear through a phone, saying: "Felix (Kollegah) listen, what's going on? I'm talking extra to you, because I don't know the two birds at all" referring Favorite and Farid Bang, who actually hadn't mentioned or insulted someone in the song. This caused Farid Bang for dissing Sido on his following records Asphalt Massaka 2 (2010) and on the title track of Banger leben kürzer (2011).
When MOK first heard about the song he started to insult Farid Bang. He has added an song featuring Farid Bang on his mixtape Bad Boys 2 and felt personal attacked when he heard about the song.