Dilara Hava Tunç (born 12 August 1998), known professionally as Hava, is a German-Bosnian rapper and singer of
Bosniak and
Turkish descent.
Life
She was born and lives in
Hamm. Her father originates from
Aksaray
Aksaray (, Koine Greek: Ἀρχελαΐς ''Arhelays'', Medieval Greek: Κολώνεια ''Koloneya'', Ancient Greek: Γαρσάουρα ''Garsaura'') is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Aksaray Province. In 202 ...
in
Turkey
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. Her mother was born in Germany to parents from
Doboj
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in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. Hava has six siblings and one stepbrother. Apart from her brother Adem and her sister Dalia, all of them are much younger than Hava. Although at home exclusively
German
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ge ...
was spoken, Hava can also speak
Bosnian and
Turkish. She is
Muslim, in her childhood she also wore a
headscarf
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for many years.
In her own words, she taught herself to play the piano from age five and dreamed of making music one day. Hava first gained fame through vocal videos on social media and later though her first snippet of "Heartbreaker". Her first single "Heartbreaker" was released in April 2019 and shared i.a. by the rappers
Nimo,
Moe Phoenix
Ensar Albayrak (born 18 June 1998) is a German rapper.
Life and career
His family, of Kurdish descent, emigrated from Turkey to Germany when he was a child. Eno grew up in Wiesbaden. He began to study Civil engineering at RheinMain University in ...
, Sun Diego and Delil Cartel and German rap media also report on it. She reached number 130 in the German
Spotify
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weekly charts. Her second single "Korb" was even more successful and on number 91 of the German Spotify weekly charts.
"Kein Schlaf" with Nimo is Hava's first collaboration with another rapper and was released on 6 December 2019. The single achieved more than 1 million streams million views and first place on
YouTube
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and Spotify Germany on the first day. The song has also reached gold status in Germany and platinum status in Switzerland.
The song also reached the top of the
Official German Single Charts. Hava is the fifth German female rapper (after
Namika,
Juju,
Shirin David
Barbara Shirin Davidavičius (born 11 April 1995), known professionally as Shirin David, is a German rapper, singer and former YouTuber.
Early life
Shirin David was born in Hamburg, Germany, to an Iranian father and Lithuanian mother and has ...
and
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It may have been inspired by the rea ...
) who achieved it over the last two years.
She is in relationship with German rapper
Dardan.
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
References
External links
*
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YouTube
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German rappers
1998 births
Living people
People from Hamm
German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
German people of Turkish descent
German women musicians
German women rappers