| Lady "Bitch" Ray | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Reyhan Şahin |
| Born | July 3, 1980 |
| Origin | Bremen, Germany |
| Genres | Hip-hop, Dirty rap |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Labels | Vagina Style Records |
Reyhan Şahin (*July 3, 1980 or 1981 in Bremen, Germany), also known as Lady "Bitch" Ray, is a German-speaking rapper, radio host and actor of Turkish ethnicity.
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Şahin was born into a so-called guest worker family originally from Sivas, Turkey,[1] in Bremen's neighborhood of Gröpelingen (a typical working class quarter), where she graduated from Gymnasium. She studied linguistics and German Studies at the University of Bremen, where she earned a Master's degree with distinction.[2] Her diploma thesis, which investigated "Youth Language in Hip Hop Culture" has been published in an anthology with the German publisher Brockmeyer-Universitätsverlag. She is currently working on her Ph.D. thesis on the "Semiotics of Clothes".[3]
Şahin gained her first experience with public broadcasting with Funkhaus Europa, a station co-produced by two well-renowned public broadcasting companies, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Radio Bremen. She joined the station as a part-timer and freelancer in 2002, but was sacked in May 2006, because the lyrics of her hip hop songs published via MySpace were considered to transport "pornographic content", which was not in line with the station's content policy.[4] Şahin was casted in the 2008 film, Chiko.
Şahin's opus has received controversial reviews. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, the entries in her internet guest book vary from "You are the shame of every Turkish woman" to "You are totally powerful, sexy, I'm frightened of you. Respect!!"[2][5]
At this time released EPs