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Kollegah
Kollegah in 2014
Kollegah in 2014
Background information
Birth nameFelix Antoine Blume
Born (1984-08-03) August 3, 1984 (age 40)
Friedberg, Hesse, West Germany
GenresHip-hop, rap
OccupationRapper
Years active2003–present
LabelsSelfmade Records
Websitewww.selfmaderecords.de

Felix Antoine Blume (born 3 August 1984), better known as Kollegah is a German rapper. He is also known as "Kollegah der Boss" or the pseudonym "T.O.N.I.". He is signed at his own Hip-Hop Label Alpha Music Empire. His style and demeanor is heavily based on gangsta rap. Kollegah is known for his punchlines, double time-ability, complex and polysyllabic rhyme structures.

Biography

Kollegah performing in Munich in 2015

Felix Blume's [1] father is of Canadian descent and his mother of German descent. He spent his childhood partially without a father. His nickname Kollegah came from his Algerian stepfather. Kollegah grew up in Simmern.

In 2004 he graduated from the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern with an Abitur.[2]

From December 2004 until May 2005 Kollegah participated in rap battles on the online platform Reimliga Battle Arena (RBA) and won 11 out of 14 evaluated battles.[3][4]

His debut album, Alphagene, was released in 2007 as Selfmade Records' fourth album and reached #51 in the German album charts.

He currently lives in Düsseldorf and studies Jurisprudence at the University of Mainz.[5] To graduate the state examination he has to do a placement but currently he's concentrated on his career as rap artist.

In 2013, he received a Golden record for his collaboration album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 together with Farid Bang. 80,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week after release.[6]

On May 9, 2014, German Rapper Kollegah released his fourth solo album King. It reached gold status in Germany within 24 hours after its release for more than 100,000 units and 160,000 within a week sold and has become the first album of a German artist to peak at number one of the global album charts from Spotify. Also, no other rap-album in Germany ever reached the Gold-status after just 24 hours.[7][8][9]

In December 2015, Zuhältertape Vol. 4 was released on Selfmade Records as Kollegah's first universally-distributed mixtape/concept album. It at No. 1 on the German album charts with first week sales of 115,000 copies.[10][11] It was certified Gold during the opening week.[12]

A 77-minute film was made of Kollegah's visit to Palestine, and when it was uploaded to YouTube it went viral, receiving over 430,000 views within the first 24 hours.[13]

Controversy

Feud with Aggro Berlin

On 11 March 2009, Chronik 2 was released, an album featuring the Selfmade Records artists. The song "Westdeutschlands Kings" performed by Kollegah, Favorite and Farid Bang, targeted insults at Sido, Fler and Kitty Kat from Aggro Berlin.[14]

On 13 March, a song titled "Früher wart ihr Fans" was released by Fler, Kitty Kat and Godsilla as a reaction. In the song, they accuse Selfmade Records artists of having created the feud for the sole purpose of marketing their album; Kitty Kat also attacks Favorite by referring to the death of his parents, who died because of a fire while camping.

Kollegah responded on 20 March with the song "Fanpost", calling Fler a "fat potato" and claims that he was penetrated with a carrot.[15]

Fler responded with the song "Schrei nach Liebe", the chorus of which is heavily based on Die Ärzte's 1993 hit single "Schrei nach Liebe".[16]

Discography

Main article: Kollegah discography
Studio albums & Collaboration albums
List of studio albums, with chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
GER
[17] 		AUT
[18] 		SWI
[19]
Alphagene 51 — —
Kollegah
  • Released: 29 August 2008[20]
  • Label: Selfmade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 17 48 —
Bossaura
  • Released: 14 October 2011[20]
  • Label: Selfmade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 5 19 14
King
  • Released: 9 May 2014[20]
  • Label: Selfmade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 1 1
  • GER: 300,000
  • AUT: 15,000
Zuhältertape Volume 4
  • Released: 11 December 2015[20]
  • Label: Selfmade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 2 2
  • GER: 200,000
  • AUT: 7,500
Imperator
  • Released: 9 December 2016[24]
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 1 1
  • GER: 100,000
Monument
  • Released: 7 December 2018[25]
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 1 1
Alphagene II
  • Released: 13 December 2019
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 7 3
Zuhältertape, Vol. 5
  • Released: 8 October 2021
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 5 3 2
La Deutsche Vita
  • Released: 7 July 2023
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 10 6
Still King
  • Released: 2 August 2024
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 13 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of collaborative studio albums, with chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
GER
[17] 		AUT
[18] 		SWI
[19]
Jung, brutal, gutaussehend
(with Farid Bang)
  • Released: 19 June 2009[26]
  • Label: Selfmade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Put on the Index in June 2012[27]
 30 — —
Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2
(with Farid Bang)
  • Released: 8 February 2013
  • Label: Selfmade Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Put on the Index in February 2014[28]
 1 1 1
  • GER: 150,000
Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 3
(with Farid Bang)
  • Released: 1 December 2017[29]
  • Label: Banger Musik, Alpha Music Empire, BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Put on the Index in September 2018[30]
 1 1 1
  • AUT: 7,500
Platin war gestern
(with Farid Bang)
  • Released: 10 August 2018[31]
  • Label: Banger Musik, Alpha Music Empire, Groove Attack
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 1 1
Natural Born Killas
(with Asche)
  • Released: 22 January 2021
  • Label: Alpha Music Empire
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 3 13
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.


Awards and certifications

  • 2008 Juice Awards 1st place in the category Newcomer National.[32]
  • 2009 Juice Awards des Hip-Hop-Magazins Juice 1st place in the category Album National for his mixtape/street album Zuhältertape Volume 3 and second place in the category Künstler National.[33]
  • 2014 German 1 Live Krone in the category Best Hip-Hop-Act for the single Du bist Boss[34]
  • 2014 German Webvideo-Preis in the categories Epic, AAA for the music video Armageddon [35]
  • 2014 German Webvideo-Preis in the category Newbie for his YouTube promotion announcement [35]
  • 2015 German Echo for Best Interactive Act and best act in the category Hiphop/Urban

Gold-certification in Germany

Platinum-certification in Germany

  • 2014: for the album King [36]

Gold-certification in Austria

  • 2013: for the album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 with Farid Bang
  • 2014: for the album King [37]

References

  1. ^ "Kollegah - King (09.05.14) - Seite 2070". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ "läuft!". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ^ "RBA V4 - 0.03". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ Niko Hüls: Die Akte Kollegah. in: Backspin Hip Hop Magazin. November 2007 (Interview mit Kollegah, Backspin 90; p. 40–42).
  5. ^ "HHNOISE - Ausgabe 14 // August/September 2011". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ Kollegah - Big Boss (Official Video). 4 August 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2016 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ http://www.rap.de/news/40-news/17481-fler-gratuliert-kollegah-zum-gold-rekord
  8. ^ Musikmarkt GmbH & Co. KG. "Spotify: Kollegah erzielt Streaming-Rekord". Musikmarkt. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. ^ http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/koeniglicher-rekord-grandiose-verkaufswoche-fuer-kollegah.html
  10. ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Kollegah erobert die Charts - 1LIVE". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  12. ^ Musikmarkt GmbH & Co. KG. "Kollegah vergoldet "Zuhältertape Vol. 4", Selfmade feiert achte Eins". Musikmarkt. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  13. ^ "KOLLEGAH IN PALÄSTINA (Eine StreetCinema Dokumentation)". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  14. ^ 12.03.2009: Aggro Diss: "Westdeutschlands Kings" – News (Downloads, Beef) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bassdraft (2008-12-31). Retrieved on 2011-10-24.
  15. ^ 20.03.2009: Kollegah: "Fanpost" (Fler Diss) – News (Downloads, Beef) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bassdraft (2009-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-10-24.
  16. ^ 23.03.2009: Fler: "Schrei nach Liebe" (Kollegah Diss) – News (Beef) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bassdraft (2009-03-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-24.
  17. ^ a b "Suche Nach "Kollegah"". GfK Entertainment Charts (in German). Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Diskografie – Kollegah". Ö3 Austria Top 40 (in German). Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Diskografie – Kollegah". Swiss Hitparade (in German). Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  20. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference releases was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ a b Lindemann, Jonas (12 October 2015). "Selfmade Records verraten Gesamtverkaufszahlen der Labelgeschichte". Hiphop.de (in German). Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  22. ^ a b c d "Gold–/Platin–Datenbank". Bundesverband Musikindustrie (in German). Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  23. ^ a b c d "Gold & Platin: Kollegah" (in German). Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Imperator (Super Deluxe Edition)". Apple Music. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  25. ^ Lindemann, Jonas (1 October 2018). ""Realtalk von der ersten bis zur letzten Zeile": Kollegah kündigt neues Album an". Hip-hop.de. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  26. ^ Max Brandl (19 June 2009). "Kollegah & Farid Bang - "Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend"". Laut.de (in German). Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  27. ^ ""Jung, brutal, gutaussehend" auf dem Index". Meinrap.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  28. ^ "Kollegah und Farid Bang: "JBG 2" auf dem Index // Update: vorläufige Begründung der BPjM". 16bars.de (in German). 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  29. ^ "Kollegah & Farid Bang: "JBG 3" hat ein Releasedate". 16bars.de (in German). 7 September 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  30. ^ ""JBG 3" kommt auf den Index". Laut.de (in German). 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  31. ^ Yannick Levante (26 June 2018). ""Platin war gestern": Kollegah und Farid Bang kündigen weiteres Album an und verschieben Releasedate". Rap.de (in German). Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  32. ^ Juice, Edition 03/2008, p. 28
  33. ^ Juice, Edition 03/2009, p. 28
  34. ^ [1]
  35. ^ a b "Deutscher Webvideo-Preis vergeben". Süddeutsche.de. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  36. ^ a b "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  37. ^ "IFPI Austria - Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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