Lance Butters (born 1988) is a German rapper. Born and raised in

Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''Kre ...

in southern Germany, Butters started rapping in his youth.

Biography

Lance Butters was born in 1988 in the South German town

. In his childhood, his parents divorced, which he often mentioned in his music. Between 2006 and 2010, he participated in the Reimliga Battle Arena, a German online platform for

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. In 2010 and 2011, he participated in the Videobattleturnier (VBT), but lost against Tamo-Flage in 2016 and T-Jey in 2011. In the years, he also released multiple freetracks with the producer Bennett One on

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. On 22 December 2011, he released the studio album ''cooking sum'' as a member of the Frank Castle Cooking Gang, through

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. On 27 July 2012, he independently released his first solo project, the ''selfish EP''. In May 2013, he signed with

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, through he released the EP ''futureshit'' on 12 July 2013. The EP charted at no. 32 for one week on the German Albums Chart, while the same titled single debuted at no. 73 in Austria. His debut studio album ''Blaow'' was released on 8 May 2015 and debuted in the top ten in Germany and Austria. His second album was released on 12 October 2018. On 20 April 2020, Butters released the single "Therapie" to commemorate the International day for cannabis. The following day, he released his fifth extended play ''Loner'' through A Corn Dawg Records. The same day, he announced a tour in Germany and Austria for October 2020, which was postponed due to the

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to May/June 2021.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

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