| Capital: | € 10 million |
| Age: | 35 |
| Born: | 08/03/1984 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | rapper |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Kollegah, actual call Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume, is a German rapper and proprietor of the track label “Alpha Music Empire”. Musically, he’s regarded for his smart phrase games, punchlines and rhyming chains. His rap fashion may be assigned to gangsta rap, despite the fact that withinside the starting he noted his track as a “pimp rap”. A placing stylistic tool from Kollegah is the plump and pricey look of his image. With a sure irony, he embodies sure stereotypes just like the boss of a crook organization. In phrases of content, his texts intentionally awareness on provocative border crossing and breaking taboos.
Early lifestyles
Kollegah become born on August 3, 1984 in Friedberg, Hesse. He become raised nearly absolutely through his mom on my own and grew up withinside the Hunsrück, wherein he additionally attended the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium. He become already artistically lively in his faculty days and participated in numerous portray competitions. Thanks to his Algerian stepfather, Kollegah absolutely transformed to Islam on the age of 15. According to his statement, his modern artist pseudonym is likewise because of his stepfather. After faculty, Kollegah labored as a translator, however he gave up this task in 2003 due to the fact he desired to awareness on his rap career. From 2004 to 2005 Kollegah regarded on the net Battlerap platform RBA wherein he performed numerous battles. There he become lively below the pseudonyms “DERKOLLEGAH” and “Young Latino”. During this era he additionally posted his first mixtape with the identify “Zuhaltertape Vol.1” and positioned it at the internet totally free download.
Career
After the Kollegah posted his mixtape at the Internet, he additionally emailed it to the coping with director of “Selfmade Records”. The latter got here ahead some weeks later and supplied Kollegah a agreement together along with his label. An X-Mas model of the primary tape become launched thru the label, which contained six extra bonus songs. In 2006 the successor to the mixtape “Zuhaltertape Vol.2 – Boss der Bosse” regarded, which become presented the identify “Mixtape of the month” through Juice magazine. Most of the beats at the tapes had been produced through self-made manufacturer Rizbo. A 12 months after the discharge of the mixtape, Kollegah’s debut album “Alphagene” become launched at the label “Selfmade Records”. The track video for the unmarried launch “Look on the gold chain” become time and again presented first location withinside the track display TRL at the track channel TRL. The album itself, however, handiest reached quantity fifty one withinside the German album charts. Shortly afterwards, Kollegah launched his 2d solo album, which had the equal identify as his degree call. This may want to already occupy seventeenth location at the charts. The 5th solo album through Kollegah “Bossaura” become capable of function itself at the fifth location of the album charts in 2011. Various different a hit releases accompanied earlier than the rapper separated from his label “Selfmade Records” to determined his very own label. After the founding of “Alpha Music Empire” in 2016, the rapper Seyed become signed first. A joint income address the label become negotiated with the Warner Music Group. In 2018, Kollegah posted his first book “DAS IST ALPHA !: Die 10 Boss-Gebote” through Munich-primarily based totally Riva Verlag. The subsequent launch is the follow-as much as his debut album “Alphagene”.
Career highlights
With a complete of four hundred million streams at the Spotify platform, Kollegah is Germany’s maximum streamed rapper. His maximum a hit and best-promoting album become “King”. With a complete of over 315,000 gadgets sold, it acquired gold 3 instances in Germany and platinum as soon as in Austria. Overall, “King” stayed withinside the charts for 23 weeks. In 2014 Kollegah become nominated and presented the 1Live Krone withinside the category “Best Hip-Hop Act”.
Famous quotes
“The bodily being, Satan, stole their souls
Alpha way to be the simple puzzle for the lifestyles of the dream
The circle is closed and enemies are shot
We’re simply pushing ourselves, no greater time for Gossip ”
-Kollegah
“A shotgun in a violin case as opposed to a violin
Junkie rappers cross head over heels like a guillotine
I pursue her bossily withinside the limousine
Shoot and their suburban avenue agreement is like an Eastern Bloc conflict ruin ”
-Kollegah
Amazing facts
At the age of 15, Kollegah determined that there had been faux branded garments on Czech markets. He frequently took the bus throughout the border to shop for the garments there after which public sale it off on on-line public sale systems for a number of money. According to his very own statement, he made superb income of counterfeit garb and reasonably-priced jewelry.
