Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

) is a German

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

, singer and producer. In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the

Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt The Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt ("Rödelheim Hard-Rhyme Project"), for short RHP, was a mid-1990s German rap group from Rödelheim, a part of Frankfurt. The group comprised two members, Moses P. (Moses Pelham) and Thomas H. (Thomas Hofmann). They w ...

. Pelham is a member of the German band

Glashaus Glashaus is a German band consisting of lead singer Cassandra Steen, songwriter and rapper Moses Pelham, and producer Martin Haas. The trio is best known for their mixture of R&B, soul and pop music with lyrics in German language. History I ...

. In 2019, in a lawsuit against the German band Kraftwerk, Pelham lost a groundbreaking in the European Court of Justice for unauthorised sampling. The ruling means that samples which are recognisable infringe copyright law where no permission has been sought from the rightsholder. However, there is no infringement if the sample is unrecognisable. The case was referred back to the German court who gave the final decision. The German court decided that the sample was recognisable, and therefore ultimately, Pelham lost his 20 year legal saga. BGH, Judgment of 30.04.2020, I ZR 115/16 (‘Metall auf Metall IV'), DE:BGH:2020:300420UIZR115.16.0, para. 30-31.

Works

Albums

* 1989: ''Raining Rhymes'' * 1992: ''The Bastard Lookin' 4 the Light'' (1992 produced, but first published in 2000) * 1994: ''Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Direkt aus Rödelheim'' (with Thomas Hofmann) * 1995: ''Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Live aus Rödelheim'' (with Thomas Hofmann) * 1996: ''Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Zurück nach Rödelheim'' (with Thomas Hofmann) * 1998: ''Geteiltes Leid I'' * 2004: ''Geteiltes Leid II'' * 2012: ''Geteiltes Leid III'' * 2017: ''Herz'' * 2020: ''Emuna'' * 2021: ''Nostalgie Tape''

Singles

* 1988: Ay-Ay-Ay (What We Do for Love) (with Rico Sparx) * 1988: Twilight Zone * 1989: Can This Be Love * 1989: Raining Rhymes * 1990: Muscles (with

Harold Faltermeyer Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film ''Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the 1 ...

) * 1998: Hartreim Saga * 1998: Schnaps für alle * 1999: Skillz (with Illmat!c &

Xavier Naidoo Xavier Kurt Naidoo (German: �kseːviɐ naɪˈduː born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the ...

) * 1999: Mein Glück * 2000: Bonnie & Clyde 2000 (with

Cora E. Cora E. (born ''Sylvia Macco''; 1968 in Kiel, West Germany) is a former nurse turned hip-hop artist who emerged in the early underground German hip hop culture. At the time that she came to prominence, she was not only one of the originators, bu ...

) * 2004: Ein schöner Tag * 2004: 77 Minutes of Strugglin (with Illmat!c &

Kool Savas Savaş Yurderi (born 10 February 1975), known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper. Along with Taktlo$$, he formed the highly influential German rap duo Westberlin Maskulin (1997–2000). He was also a founding member of the German ...

) * 2006: Gott liebt mich * 2009: Strugglin' (2009 ISAS Remix) (with Illmat!c, Kool Savas &

Cassandra Steen Cassandra Steen (born 9 February 1980) is a German-American singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of the pop/soul trio Glashaus. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, she released her moderately successful solo ...

) * 2012: Für die Ewigkeit * 2019: Notaufnahme * 2020: Weiße Fahne * 2020: Wunder (with Faiz Mangat) * 2020: Juli * 2020: Emuna (acoustic) (with

Stefanie Kloß Silbermond ("silver moon") is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle. History The band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in t ...

) * 2020: Backstein * 2020: Du * 2021: Lappen wie Du

References

External links

ImGlashaus.de
(in German)
Website by Moses Pelham

Stadt Frankfurt am Main zeichnet Moses Pelham mit der Goetheplakette aus
(in German)

(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelham, Moses Living people 1974 births Musicians from Frankfurt German rappers 21st-century German male singers German record producers German people of African-American descent