Nico Suave is a

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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 ...

originating from

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. Interested in hip hop since young age, at 16 started writing music and formed the group Provinzaroma with Dabru Tack and Kraans de Lutin performing in local youth centers. In 1998 he was included in the

Eins Zwo Eins Zwo (''"One Two"'') was a German hip hop group from Hamburg, consisting of DJ Rabauke (Thomas Jensen) and MC Dendemann (Daniel Ebel). Rabauke produced his first music with his 'Projekt an der Grenze'. He however, was before Eins Zwo more kn ...

album ''Gefährliches Halbwissen'' in the track "Sternzeichen Krebs" gaining him notoriety. He was also part of Dendemann German tour alongside DJ Rabauke. Reestablishing in Hamburg, he released his own maxi CD Münchhausen '94 produced by Ill Will and guest appearances by Deichkind and DJ Friction. Signed to Universal Music Group, he followed this up with his studio album ''Suave'' in April 2001 with "Vergesslich" becoming his first charting single from the album. With increasing problems of UMG, he later joined Berlin-based label No Limits, releasing the album ''Mit Liebe gemacht'' in 2005. In 2007, he released the album ''Suave & Friends'' produced by "The Gunna", a young producer from Dortmund, and collaborations with z.B. Denyo, Blumentopf, Harris, Franky Kubrick. The music video "Kool" was prominently played on TV stations. In 2009, with

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, he organized a number of workshops in Australia and New Zealand. In 2015 he had a comeback with his album ''Unvergesslich'' with "Danke" featuring German Soul and R&B singer/songwriter and record producer

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 ...

. He also founded the Nico Suave and the Bodacious Supreme, a composite ensemble with members of Grudlefunk, the Family Night Band, Mai Maiz, Tar iguana, and others in 2016. In 2017 he played 1M Europe-Germany Live Selections.

Discography

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