| 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 recognised 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 track as a “pimp rap”. A putting stylistic tool from Kollegah is the plump and pricey 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 life
Kollegah become born on August 3, 1984 in Friedberg, Hesse. He become raised nearly completely 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 diverse portray competitions. Thanks to his Algerian stepfather, Kollegah absolutely transformed to Islam on the age of 15. According to his statement, his cutting-edge 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 cognizance on his rap career. From 2004 to 2005 Kollegah regarded on the net Battlerap platform RBA wherein he performed diverse battles. There he become lively beneathneath the pseudonyms “DERKOLLEGAH” and “Young Latino”. During this era he additionally posted his first mixtape with the identify “Zuhaltertape Vol.1” and placed it at the internet free of charge download.
Career
After the Kollegah posted his mixtape at the Internet, he additionally emailed it to the handling director of “Selfmade Records”. The latter got here ahead some weeks later and provided Kollegah a settlement 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 provided the identify “Mixtape of the month” through Juice magazine. Most of the beats at the tapes have 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 provided first area withinside the track display TRL at the track channel TRL. The album itself, however, most effective reached quantity fifty one withinside the German album charts. Shortly afterwards, Kollegah launched his 2nd solo album, which had the identical identify as his degree call. This ought to already occupy seventeenth area at the charts. The 5th solo album through Kollegah “Bossaura” become capable of function itself at the fifth area of the album charts in 2011. Various different a success releases observed earlier than the rapper separated from his label “Selfmade Records” to located 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”.
Famous quotes
“The physical being, Satan, stole their souls
Alpha means to be the elementary puzzle for the life of the dream
The circle is closed and enemies are shot
We’re just pushing ourselves, no more time for Gossip ”
-Kollegah
“A shotgun in a violin case instead of a violin
Junkie rappers go head over heels like a guillotine
I pursue her bossily in the limousine
Shoot and their suburban street settlement is like an Eastern Bloc war ruin ”
-Kollegah
Amazing facts
At the age of 15, Kollegah discovered that there were fake branded clothes on Czech markets. He regularly took the bus across the border to buy the clothes there and then auction it off on online auction platforms for a lot of money. According to his own statement, he made very good sales of counterfeit clothing and cheap jewelry.