K.I.Z

K.I.Z
K.I.Z members
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	German hip hop, alternative hip hop, horrorcore
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Universal
Members	Tarek Maxim Nico DJ Craft
Website	Official website

K.I.Z 2009

K.I.Z is a German hip hop group from Berlin. The members are the three rappers Tarek, Nico and Maxim, with a DJ called DJ Craft. Their lyrics often contain a lot of black humor and irony as well as sociocritical content.

Meaning of the name

K.I.Z has several meanings. Members of the band have suggested numerous meanings for the acronym, such as Kriegsverbrecher im Zuchthaus ("war criminals in penitentiary"), Kannibalen in Zivil ("cannibals in plain clothes"), Künstler in Zwangsjacken ("artists in straight jackets"), or Kreuzritter in Zentralasien ("crusaders in central Asia"), Krüppel im Zwinger ("cripples in the kennel"), Kapitalismus ist Zauberhaft (literally: "capitalism is magical" idiomatic: "capitalism is lovely"), Klosterschüler im Zölibat ("Monastic novices in celibacy") or Knoblauch, Ingwer, Zwiebel ("garlic, ginger, onion").

Members

Tarek

Tarek Ébéne was born in Freiburg im Breisgau. His family moved to Spain when he was still a child. He grew up bilingual. As a teenager, he moved to Berlin where he met Maxim.

Maxim

Maxim and DJ Craft

Maxim Drüner is of French descent and speaks French fluently (as for instance in his part on the group's song "Tanz"). He was born and grew up in Berlin.

Nico

Nicolas Seyfried grew up in Berlin and began to make rap music at the age of 15.

DJ Craft

Sil Yan Bori was born 1985, in Berlin. He mixes songs from many different music styles like Dancehall, Dunk or Hip-Hop.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions			Sales
		GER	AUT	SWI
2005	Das RapDeutschlandKettensägenMassaker
2007	Hahnenkampf	9	47
2009	Sexismus gegen Rechts	7	32	69
2011	Urlaub fürs Gehirn	4	17	19
2015	Hurra die Welt geht unter	1	4	1

Mixtapes

Year	Title	Chart positions			Sales
		GER	AUT	SWI
2006	Böhse Enkelz
2013	Ganz Oben	91

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions			Album
		GER	AUT	SWI
2007	"Ellenbogengesellschaft"				Hahnenkampf
	"Geld essen (Ausgestopfte Rapper)"	60	71		Hahnenkampf
	"Spasst"	94			Hahnenkampf
2008	"Hölle" (feat. Bela B. from Die Ärzte)	39
2009	"Das System (die kleinen Dinge)" (feat. Sido)	89			Sexismus gegen Rechts
2015	"Boom Boom Boom"	33			Hurra die Welt geht unter
	"Hurra die Welt geht unter" (feat. Henning May)	31			Hurra die Welt geht unter

• 2007: Fieber (Fever) (Peter Fox feat. K.I.Z)
• 2009: Straße (Street) (feat. Celina)

Other releases

Year	Title	Info(s)	Format
2006	Waffen der Frau	Juice Exclusive	Juice-CD #62
2007	Ellbogengesellschaft (Pogen)		eSingle (free download)
	Taxi, Taxi	Juice Exclusive	Juice-CD #74
	Wir sahnen ab!	Juice Exclusive	Juice-CD #75
	F***** (Celina & Nico)	Juice Exclusive	Juice-CD #77

2007: Wir sind auf Tour (Frauenarzt und K.I.Z) (Juice Exclusive! auf Juice-CD #78)

External links

• Official homepage (German)
• First interactive music clip (Neuruppin) (German)