Kollegah
| Kollegah | |
|---|---|
 Kollegah in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Felix Blume |
| Born |
August 3, 1984 Friedberg, Hesse, West Germany |
| Genres | Hip-hop, rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Selfmade Records |
| Website |
www |
Felix Blume (born 3 August 1984), better known as Kollegah is a German rapper. He is also known as "Kollegah der Boss", "Boss der Bosse" or the pseudonym "T.O.N.I.". He is signed at his own Hip-Hop Label Alpha Music Empire. His style and demeanor is heavily based on gangsta rap. Kollegah is known for his punchlines, double time-ability, complex and polysyllabic rhyme structures.
Biography
Felix Blume's [1] father is of Canadian descent and his mother of German descent. He spent his childhood partially without a father. His nickname Kollegah came from his Algerian stepfather. Kollegah grew up in Simmern.
In 2004 he graduated from the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern with an Abitur.[2]
From December 2004 until May 2005 Kollegah participated in rap battles on the online platform Reimliga Battle Arena (RBA) and won 11 out of 14 evaluated battles.[3][4]
His debut album, Alphagene, was released in 2007 as Selfmade Records' fourth album and reached #51 in the German album charts.
He currently lives in Düsseldorf and studies Jurisprudence at the University of Mainz.[5] To graduate the state examination he has to do a placement but currently he's concentrated on his career as rap artist.
In 2013, he received a Golden record for his collaboration album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 together with Farid Bang. 80,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week after release.[6]
On May 9, 2014, German Rapper Kollegah released his fourth solo album King. It reached gold status in Germany within 24 hours after its release for more than 100,000 units and 160,000 within a week sold and has become the first album of a German artist to peak at number one of the global album charts from Spotify. Also, no other rap-album in Germany ever reached the Gold-status after just 24 hours.[7][8][9]
In December 2015, Zuhältertape Vol. 4 was released on Selfmade Records as Kollegah's first universally-distributed mixtape/concept album. It at No. 1 on the German album charts with first week sales of 115,000 copies.[10][11] It was certified Gold during the opening week.[12]
In December 2016 he released his album Imperator on his own label Alpha Music Empire.
A 77-minute film was made of Kollegah's visit to Palestine, and when it was uploaded to YouTube it went viral, receiving over 430,000 views within the first 24 hours.[13]
Controversy
Feud with Aggro Berlin
On 11 March 2009, Chronik 2 was released, an album featuring the Selfmade Records artists. The song "Westdeutschlands Kings" performed by Kollegah, Favorite and Farid Bang, targeted insults at Sido, Fler and Kitty Kat from Aggro Berlin.[14]
On 13 March, a song titled "Früher wart ihr Fans" was released by Fler, Kitty Kat and Godsilla as a reaction. In the song, they accuse Selfmade Records artists of having created the feud for the sole purpose of marketing their album; Kitty Kat also attacks Favorite by referring to the death of his parents, who died because of a fire while camping.
Kollegah responded on 20 March with the song "Fanpost", calling Fler a "fat potato" and claims that he was penetrated with a carrot.[15]
Fler responded with the song "Schrei nach Liebe", the chorus of which is heavily based on Die Ärzte's 1993 hit single "Schrei nach Liebe".[16]
Discography
Studio and collaboration albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | |||
| 2007 | Alphagene
|
51 | — | — | GER: 20,000+[17] |
| 2008 | Kollegah
|
17 | 48 | — | GER: 20,000+[17] |
| 2011 | Bossaura
|
5 | 19 | 14 | GER: 40,000+[17] |
| 2014 | King
|
1 | 1 | 1 | GER: 300,000+[18] AUT: 7,500+[19] |
| 2016 | Imperator
|
1 | 1 [20] |
1 [21] |
|
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||||
| 2009 | Jung, brutal, gutaussehend (with Farid Bang)
|
30 | — | — | Put on the Index in June 2012.[22] | |
| 2013 | Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 (with Farid Bang)
|
1 | 1 | 1 | GER: 150,000+[23] AUT: 7,500+[19] |
Put on the Index in February 2014.[24] |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||
| 2017 | Legacy
|
2 | 8 | 11 |
Label samplers
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||
| 2007 | Chronik I (with Favorite, Slick One, Shiml)
|
— | — | — |
| 2009 | Chronik II (with Favorite, Casper, Shiml)
|
— | — | — |
| 2015 | Chronik III (with 257ers, Genetikk, Favorite, Karate Andi)
|
1 | 2 | 3 |
Free tracks
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Kid Hook" (Remix) | |
| "Bling Bling Drive-By" | ||
| "Untertreiberrap" (Transmitter rap) | ||
| "Zwischen die Augen" (Between the eyes) (feat. Baenkhog & DJ Crest) |
||
| 2006 | "Edelpuffkiller" | |
| "Untergrund Union" (Underground union) (feat. Sunny & Migo) |
||
| "Tonistyle" | ||
| 2007 | "Schädelbasisbrecher" (Skull base fracturer) | Released on the Juice CD #80 |
| "Ein guter Tag zum Sterben" (A good day to die) | Diss track against Separate Contains a sample of "End of All Hope" by Nightwish[25] | |
| "Hater" | ||
| "Waffenfetisch" | ||
| 2008 | "Bodyguard" | Released on the Juice CD #88 |
| "Hero" | Instrumental from: "Hero" by Nas | |
| "So meine Freunde" (So my friends) | ||
| 2009 | "Fanpost" (Fan letter) | Diss track against Fler |
| "Autogramm"(Autograph) | Released on the Juice CD #100 | |
| "Wir ficken die Szene" (We fuck the scene) (with Farid Bang) |
||
| "Endlösung" (The final solution) | ||
| "Diese Rapper" (These rappers) | ||
| "Warnschüsse" (Warning shots) | Diss track against Sido | |
| 2010 | "Meine Lady" / "Für immer Player" (My lady / For ever a player) | A double A-side single for free downloading |
| 2011 | "Facebook Exclusive" | Facebook Exclusive |
| 2012 | "Mosaikmuster" | Facebook Exclusive |
| "Ich bin King" (I am king) | Facebook Exclusive | |
| "G-Punkt" | Facebook Exclusive | |
| 2013 | "Ruhe vor dem Sturm" (Ruhe vor dem Sturm) | Facebook Exclusive |
| "Armageddon" (Armageddon) | Facebook Exclusive | |
| "NWO" (NWO) | Facebook Exclusive | |
| 2014 | "Ghettoworkout" | |
| "Von Salat schrumpft der Bizeps" (The Biceps shrinks from Salad) (feat. Majoe & Die Götzfried Girls) |
||
| "Bosstransformation" | ||
| "Das hat mit Hip-Hop nichts zu tun" (That Has Nothing to Do with Hip Hop) | ||
| 2015 | "20 Zuhälterbars Exclusive" (20 Pimp Bars Exclusive) | |
| 2016 | "Fanpost 2" (Fan letter 2) <span style="font-size:95%;"/span> |
Diss track against Fler |
| "Apokalypse" (Apocalypse) | ||
| 2017 | "Voulez vous coucher avec MOIS" (Do You Want to Sleep With Me) (feat. Ali As, Seyed, Pretty Mo) |
References
- ↑ "Kollegah - King (09.05.14) - Seite 2070". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "läuft!". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "RBA V4 - 0.03". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ Niko Hüls: Die Akte Kollegah. in: Backspin Hip Hop Magazin. November 2007 (Interview mit Kollegah, Backspin 90; p. 40–42).
- ↑ "HHNOISE - Ausgabe 14 // August/September 2011". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ Kollegah - Big Boss (Official Video). 4 August 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2016 – via YouTube.
- ↑ http://www.rap.de/news/40-news/17481-fler-gratuliert-kollegah-zum-gold-rekord
- ↑ Musikmarkt GmbH & Co. KG. "Spotify: Kollegah erzielt Streaming-Rekord". Musikmarkt. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/koeniglicher-rekord-grandiose-verkaufswoche-fuer-kollegah.html
- ↑ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "Kollegah erobert die Charts - 1LIVE". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ Musikmarkt GmbH & Co. KG. "Kollegah vergoldet "Zuhältertape Vol. 4", Selfmade feiert achte Eins". Musikmarkt. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "KOLLEGAH IN PALÄSTINA (Eine StreetCinema Dokumentation)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ 12.03.2009: Aggro Diss: "Westdeutschlands Kings" – News (Downloads, Beef) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. Bassdraft (2008-12-31). Retrieved on 2011-10-24.
- ↑ 20.03.2009: Kollegah: "Fanpost" (Fler Diss) – News (Downloads, Beef) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. Bassdraft (2009-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-10-24.
- ↑ 23.03.2009: Fler: "Schrei nach Liebe" (Kollegah Diss) – News (Beef) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. Bassdraft (2009-03-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-24.
- 1 2 3 http://hiphop.de/magazin/news/selfmade-records-verraten-gesamtverkaufszahlen-labelgeschichte-285250#.VnGxfVKbKVF
- ↑ http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ↑ http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2602614/
- ↑ http://hitparade.ch/charts/number-1/2016
- ↑ Meinrap.de. ""Jung, brutal, gutaussehend" auf dem Index". Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ http://hiphop.de/magazin/news/selfmade-records-verraten-gesamtverkaufszahlen-labelgeschichte-285250
- ↑ "Kollegah und Farid Bang: "JBG 2" auf dem Index // UPDATE: vorläufige Begründung der BPjM - 16BARS.DE". 16BARS.DE (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-06.
- ↑ http://genius.com/Kollegah-ein-guter-tag-zum-sterben-lyrics
External links
Awards and certifications
- 2008 Juice Awards 1st place in the category Newcomer National.[1]
- 2009 Juice Awards des Hip-Hop-Magazins Juice 1st place in the category Album National for his mixtape/street album Zuhältertape Volume 3 and second place in the category Künstler National.[2]
- 2014 German 1 Live Krone in the category Best Hip-Hop-Act for the single Du bist Boss[3]
- 2014 German Webvideo-Preis in the categories Epic, AAA for the music video Armageddon [4]
- 2014 German Webvideo-Preis in the category Newbie for his YouTube promotion announcement [4]
- 2015 German Echo for Best Interactive Act and best act in the category Hiphop/Urban
Gold-certification in Germany
- 2013: for the album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 with Farid Bang
- 2014: for the album King [5]
Platinum-certification in Germany
- 2014: for the album King [5]
Gold-certification in Austria
- 2013: for the album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 with Farid Bang
- 2014: for the album King [6]
References
- ↑ Juice, Edition 03/2008, p. 28
- ↑ Juice, Edition 03/2009, p. 28
- ↑
- 1 2 "Deutscher Webvideo-Preis vergeben". Süddeutsche.de. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "IFPI Austria - Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2016.