Enes Meral (born 28 July 2000), known professionally as Mero, is a German rapper. He rose to prominence in 2018 with the release of his debut single "Baller los", which debuted at the top of the German and Austrian single charts. His follow-up singles " Hobby Hobby" and "Wolke 10" also topped the German and Austrian charts. In 2019, he was featured in the hits "Ferrari" by Eno and in " Kein Plan" by Loredana both topping the German chart. Mero has released three albums: '' Ya Hero Ya Mero'' and ''Unikat'' in 2019 and ''Seele'' in 2020.

Life and career

Enes Meral was born and raised in

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, Germany and is of Turkish descent. His family comes from the

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region of Turkey. He started posting videos filmed on a mobile phone where he is rapping on

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in 2016. He built a large following and was later signed by rapper Xatar and Groove Attack. His debut single "Baller los" was released on 22 November 2018. The single became an immediate success and reached the top of the German and Austrian single chart. His second single "Hobby Hobby" was released on 17 January 2019 and became the first German rap track to reach the Spotify 200. It again reached the top of the German single charts in end of January 2019. It broke the records for most streams in one day and one week. He released his first album '' Ya Hero Ya Mero'' on 15 March 2019 which has 12 tracks and his second album ''Unikat'' on 27 September 2019 which has 14 tracks.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

{{Authority control 2000 births German male rappers 21st-century male rappers Living people German people of Turkish descent German lyricists German male songwriters People from Gümüşhane