| 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 tune label “Alpha Music Empire”. Musically, he’s acknowledged for his smart phrase games, punchlines and rhyming chains. His rap fashion may be assigned to gangsta rap, even though withinside the starting he noted his tune as a “pimp rap”. A placing stylistic tool from Kollegah is the plump and expensive look of his image. With a positive irony, he embodies positive stereotypes just like the boss of a crook organization. In phrases of content, his texts intentionally cognizance on provocative border crossing and breaking taboos.
Early lifestyles
Kollegah became born on August 3, 1984 in Friedberg, Hesse. He became raised nearly absolutely through his mom by myself and grew up withinside the Hunsrück, in which he additionally attended the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium. He became already artistically energetic in his faculty days and participated in numerous portray competitions. Thanks to his Algerian stepfather, Kollegah completely 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 process in 2003 due to the fact he desired to cognizance on his rap career. From 2004 to 2005 Kollegah seemed on the web Battlerap platform RBA in which he performed numerous battles. There he became energetic below the pseudonyms “DERKOLLEGAH” and “Young Latino”. During this era he additionally posted his first mixtape with the name “Zuhaltertape Vol.1” and positioned it at the internet at no cost download.
Career
After the Kollegah posted his mixtape at the Internet, he additionally emailed it to the dealing with director of “Selfmade Records”. The latter got here ahead some weeks later and supplied Kollegah a settlement together along with his label. An X-Mas model of the primary tape became launched through the label, which contained six extra bonus songs. In 2006 the successor to the mixtape “Zuhaltertape Vol.2 – Boss der Bosse” seemed, which became offered the name “Mixtape of the month” through Juice magazine. Most of the beats at the tapes have been produced through self-made manufacturer Rizbo. A yr after the discharge of the mixtape, Kollegah’s debut album “Alphagene” became launched at the label “Selfmade Records”. The tune video for the unmarried launch “Look on the gold chain” became again and again offered first area withinside the tune display TRL at the tune channel TRL. The album itself, however, best reached range fifty one withinside the German album charts. Shortly afterwards, Kollegah launched his 2nd solo album, which had the equal name as his level call. This may want to already occupy seventeenth area at the charts. The 5th solo album through Kollegah “Bossaura” became capable of role itself at the fifth area of the album charts in 2011. Various different a hit releases observed earlier than the rapper separated from his label “Selfmade Records” to discovered his personal label. After the founding of “Alpha Music Empire” in 2016, the rapper Seyed became signed first. A joint income address the label became 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 became “King”. With a complete of over 315,000 devices sold, it obtained gold 3 instances in Germany and platinum as soon as in Austria. Overall, “King” stayed withinside the charts for 23 weeks. In 2014 Kollegah became nominated and offered the 1Live Krone withinside the category “Best Hip-Hop Act”.
Famous quotes
“The bodily being, Satan, stole their souls
Alpha manner to be the fundamental puzzle for the lifestyles of the dream
The circle is closed and enemies are shot
We’re simply pushing ourselves, no extra time for Gossip ”
-Kollegah
“A shotgun in a violin case as opposed to a violin
Junkie rappers move head over heels like a guillotine
I pursue her bossily withinside the limousine
Shoot and their suburban avenue agreement is like an Eastern Bloc strugglefare ruin ”
-Kollegah
Amazing facts
At the age of 15, Kollegah located that there have 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 loads of money. According to his personal statement, he made excellent income of counterfeit garb and reasonably-priced jewelry.
