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 rap crew Masters of Rap in 1996. In 2012, he collaborated in "Xavas", a duo formation with Xavier Naidoo, a German

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and R&B singer-songwriter and actor in the album ''Gespaltene Persönlichkeit''. The two had already worked together on a number of other releases. Savas is considered one of the most successful, best and influential German rappers. He is often referred to as the King of

German rap German hip hop (locally known as ''Deutschrap'', ''Deutsch'' meaning German) refers to hip hop music produced in Germany. Elements of American hip hop culture, such as graffiti art and breakdancing, diffused into Western Europe in the early ...

. His nickname is ''King Kool Savas'' (KKS) and ''Essah''.

Early life

Born in

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th ...

to a German mother and a Turkish father, Savas' family moved to Turkey when he was a year old. His father, who is from Çorum, was arrested because of his political posture against the then-military government in Turkey, and, as a result, his mother was forced to return to Aachen with Savas.

Career

Essah Entertainment (2010–present)

His 2011 album ''Aura'' included a single with the same name and a song featuring Xavier Naidoo, titled ''LMS 2012''. In May 2012, Savas announced a collaborative album with Xavier Naidoo titled ''

Gespaltene Persönlichkeit ''Gespaltene Persönlichkeit'' ("Split Personality") is a 2012 studio album by Xavas, a musical project and collaboration between German soul and R&B singer Xavier Naidoo and German rapper Kool Savas. The name Xavas was chosen by taking the fir ...

'' under the alias "Xavas" scheduled for release in Germany on 21 September 2012. The track list was announced in August 2012, containing a total of 15 tracks His fourth studio album, ''Märtyrer'', was released on 14 November 2014.

Discography

Kool Savas – Konzertauftritt – Eric Ullrich

Studio albums * 2002: ''Der beste Tag meines Lebens'' * 2007: ''Tot oder lebendig'' * 2011: ''Aura'' * 2014: ''Märtyrer'' * 2019: ''KKS'' * 2021: ''Aghori'' Mixtapes * 2004: ''Kool Savas goes Hollywood'' * 2005: ''Die John Bello Story'' * 2006: ''Wer hatz erfunden?'' (with Optik Schweiz) * 2008: ''Die John Bello Story II'' * 2009: ''Die John Bello Story II – Brainwash Edition'' (remix version) * 2010: ''Die John Bello Story III'' * 2016: ''Essahdamus'' Remix albums * 2004: '' Die besten Tage sind gezählt'' Compilations * 2008: ''The Best of Kool Savas'' Collaboration albums * 1997: ''Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes'' (with Westberlin Maskulin) * 2000: ''Battlekings'' (with Westberlin Maskulin) * 2001: ''NLP'' (with M.O.R.) * 2003: ''Nur noch 24 Stunden'' (with Freunde der Sonne) * 2005: ''One'' (with Azad) * 2006: ''Optik Takeover!'' (with Optik Army) * 2012: ''

'' (with Xavier Naidoo as Xavas) * 2017: ''Royal Bunker'' (with Sido)

References

External links

Official website

Official Facebook page

YouTube
{{Authority control 1975 births Living people German people of Turkish descent German rappers Turkish rappers People from Aachen Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest Gangsta rappers