Kool Savas Biography

German rapper

Musical artist

Savaş Yurderi (born 10 February 1975), known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper of Turkish Origin. Along with Taktlo$$, he formed the highly influential German rap duo Westberlin Maskulin (1997–2000). He was also a founding member of the German rap crew Masters of Rap in 1996. Savas is considered one of the most successful German rappers.

In 2012, he collaborated in "Xavas", a duo formation with Xavier Naidoo, a German soul and R&B singer-songwriter and actor in the album Gespaltene Persönlichkeit. The two had already worked together on a number of other releases.

Early life

Yurderi was born on 10 February 1975 in Aachen, Germany, the son of a German mother and a Turkish father from Çorum. Savaş returned to Turkey with his family when he was only 1 year old. But his father was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Turkey due to political problems.

He later returned to Germany with his mother. His father, who was imprisoned in Turkey for 5 years, also returned with them. They were then settled in Berlin. He currently lives in Berlin with his wife Maria Yurderi and their 1 child.

Career

Essah Entertainment (2010–present)

His 2011 album Aura included a single with the same name and a song featuring Xavier Naidoo, *led LMS 2012. In May 2012, Savas announced a collaborative album with Xavier Naidoo *led Gespaltene Persönlichkeit under the alias "Xavas" scheduled for release in Germany on 21 September 2012. The track list was announced in August 2012, containing a total of 15 tracks

His fourth studio album, Märtyrer, was released on 14 November 2014.

Discography

Main article: Kool Savas discographySavas performing

Studio albums

• 2002: Der beste Tag meines Lebens
• 2007: Tot oder lebendig
• 2011: Aura
• 2014: Märtyrer
• 2019: KKS
• 2021: Aghori

Mixtapes

• 2004: Kool Savas goes Hollywood
• 2005: Die John Bello Story
• 2006: Wer hatz erfunden? (with Optik Schweiz)
• 2008: Die John Bello Story II
• 2009: Die John Bello Story II – Brainwash Edition (remix version)
• 2010: Die John Bello Story III
• 2016: Essahdamus

Remix albums

• 2004: Die besten Tage sind gezählt

Compilations

• 2008: The Best of Kool Savas

Collaboration albums

• 1997: Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes (with Westberlin Maskulin)
• 2000: Battlekings (with Westberlin Maskulin)
• 2001: NLP (with M.O.R.)
• 2003: Nur noch 24 Stunden (with Freunde der Sonne)
• 2005: One (with Azad)
• 2006: Optik Takeover! (with Optik Army)
• 2012: Gespaltene Persönlichkeit (with Xavier Naidoo as Xavas)
• 2017: Royal Bunker (with Sido)

References

External links

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• Official website