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1992

Berlin

Germany
Straßenrap · Turkish-German cadence · hard 808s
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German rap began as anti-racist protest — Advanced Chemistry's Fremd im eigenen Land ("a stranger in my own country," 1992) was made by the children of immigrants demanding to be counted as German. It is now the largest rap market in Europe.

Bloodline · 1 stop from The Bronx
  1. 1973The Bronx
  2. 1992Berlin

TransferDowntown Manhattan

American records arrived with American soldiers: US Army radio and the GI record shops put rap into German cities years before any label would. The kids who picked it up were mostly the children of immigrants.

Aggro BerlinErsguterjungeAzzlackz
Roster
1992
Advanced Chemistrydeep cut

Fremd im eigenen Land — the founding record of German-language rap.

1992
Die Fantastischen Vier

Proved German rap could be a chart proposition.

2004
Sido

Aggro Berlin's masked provocateur; made Straßenrap mainstream.

2010
Haftbefehl

Offenbach. Turkish-Kurdish-German street slang that academics now study.

2018
Capital Bradeep cut

Broke the German record for number-one singles, then broke it again.

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