Kool Savas

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Kool Savas (formerly King Kool Savas (KKS), Juks or Jux) (born February 10, 1975 in Aachen) is a German rapper of Turkish descent and one of Germany's most influencial Hiphop artists. His real-world name is Savaş Yurderi.

1 Musical career
2 Private life
3 Discography
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Musical career

Savas' career began with the recording "Warum rappst du?" (Why do you rap?). He gained attention with controversial lyrics in songs like "Schwule Rapper" (Gay Rappers), "LMS" (meaning "Lutsch mein' Schwanz", Suck my dick) and "Pimplegionär" (Pimp legionary). Initially Savas rapped in English in groups like the Basic Elements. He became more successful in groups like M.O.R. ("Masters of Rap") and Westberlin Maskulin together with Taktloss. In 2001 he left his recording firm Put Da Needle To Da Records and the group M.O.R. itself because of personal and artistic differences.

In 2002 he released his first solo album "Der beste Tag meines Lebens" (The best day of my life) with his own recording company, Optik Records, beginning in the same year. He worked with many German and international artists including Azad, Juelz Santana, Curse, Moses Pelham, Samy Deluxe, RZA, J-Luv, Lumidee, Bligg, Jadakiss, Xavier Naidoo, the Alcoholicz, Kutmasta Kurt, Kurupt, Mystic Journeymen, the Hieroglyphics and Smut Peddlers.

With his recording firm, he sought to build up and promote a number of artists, including for example platinum rapper Eko Fresh whom he discovered. Currently the following artists are under contract: DJ Nicon, Melbeatz, Ercandize, Caput, and Amar. The contract with the rapper SD ended because of musical differences and he left followed by his friend Spontan. Both of them left to Eko Fresh's label German Dream. At the moment, Savas' little brother Sinan is also under contract.

In the end of 2004, Eko Fresh released the song "Die Abrechnung" (The reckoning) in which he dissed Kool Savas. In February 2005, Kool Savas answered with the track "Das Urteil" (The verdict). The track was available for free download on the hip hop website Mzee.com and was accompanied by a video clip that was voted twenty times for first place on the MTV TRL charts. Kool Savas currently has beef with the Swedish rapper Promoe.

[edit] Private life

As a baby, one-year-old Savas returned to Turkey with his family. His father was arrested for political activities, forcing his mother to return to Aachen. In 1987 the reunited family moved to Berlin where Savas first came in contact with rap music. In 1997, he acted in the film Geschwister – Kardesler in the role of Ahmed.

He lives with his long-time girlfriend Melbeatz (Melanie) in Berlin. The relationship is also one of artistic and business collaboration as she makes many of his beats. They also are both vegetarians. At the end of 2004, there was a rumor that they were no longer together. Savas seems to confirm this in the song "Was hab' ich dir angetan?" (What did I do to you?) on the album ONE.

[edit] Discography

1999 Westberlin Maskulin - Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes
2000 Westberlin Maskulin - Battlekings
2000 Plattenpapzt - King Of Rap (CD Single / Vinyl Single)^[1]
2000 Warum Rappst Du? (EP)
2000 L.M.S./Schwule Rapper (Vinyl Single)
2001 M.O.R.- NLP
2001 Haus & Boot EP
2002 Optik Mixtape Vol.1 (Mix-CD)
2002 Till' Ab Joe (CD Single / Vinyl Single)
2002 Der beste Tag meines Lebens (Debüt)^[2]
2003 Der beste Tag meines Lebens (DVD)
2003 Optik Anthem Feat. Optik Crew (CD Single / Vinyl Single)^[3]
2003 Der beste Tag meines Lebens (EP)
2003 Crashin' a Party Feat. Lumidee (CD Single / Vinyl Single)
2003 Freunde der Sonne - Nur Noch 24 Stunden (together with Illmat!c)
2004 Die besten Tage sind gezählt Feat. Lumidee (CD Single / Vinyl Single)
2004 Die besten Tage sind gezählt / Euer bester Freund (Mix-CD)
2004 Kool Savas goes Hollywood
2004 OK (together with Melbeatz and Samy Deluxe)
2004 Da bin, Da bleib (CD Single / Vinyl Single)^[4]
2004 77 Minutes of Strugglin' (with Moses Pelham, Illmat!c) (Single CD)
2005 Das Urteil (Savas' Answer to Ekos; "Abrechnung". Online-Release / Vinyl Single)^[5]
2005 ONE (Album, together with Azad - Limited Edition)
2005 Monstershit (Single, together with Azad)^[6]
2005 Die John Bello Story (Mixtape, Optik Records / CD)
2005 All 4 ONE (Single, together with Azad)^[7]
2005 Guck My Man (Single, together with Azad)^[8]
2006 Das ist O.R. (Single, together with the Optik Army)^[9]
2006 Optik Takeover (Album, together with the Optik Army)
2006 Komm mit mir (Single, together with Ercandize)^[10]
2006 Wer hatz erfunden (Mixtape, together with DJ Sweap and Pfund 500)