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Azad
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album thumb 2020 - GOAT
album thumb 2019 - Der Bozz 2
album thumb 2017 - NXTLVL
album thumb 2016 - Leben II
album thumb 2010 - Azphalt Inferno II
album thumb 2009 - Azphalt Inferno
album thumb 2009 - Assassin
album thumb 2007 - Blockschrift
album thumb 2006 - Game Over
album thumb 2004 - Der Bozz
album thumb 2003 - Faust des Nordwestens
album thumb 2001 - Leben


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Azad Azadpour

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4 users heart off Azad - Phoenix
4 users heart off Azad - Alles Lügen
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4 users heart off Azad - Du fehlst mir


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Azad Azadpour (born 1 January 1974) is a German rapper of Kurdish descent based in Frankfurt am Main.

After having arrived in Germany from Iran as young as 10, he was into hip hop, rap, beatboxing and graffiti. In 1988 he joined D-Flame (Daniel Kretschmer), A-Bomb, and Combad in Cold-N-Locco. The band was renamed Asiatic Warriors in 1990 and mixed songs in German, English, Persian and Kurdish and achieved great fame through signing with Ruff'n'Raw Label and the EP Told Ya!. Internal differences between the band members resulted in the Asiatic Warriors breaking up.

In 1999, Azad signed as a solo artist with Pelham Power Productions. He became a sensation on the hip hop scene winning "Da Swing DJ Battle". Single "Napalm" followed by his solo album Leben completely produced by Azad and follow up album Faust des Nordwestens firmly established him as a successful artist and a cult figure.

In 2004, Azad founded his own production company "Bozz Music", the urban music wing of Universal Music. Azad formed the group Warheit with Sezai, Lunafrow, Jeyz, Chaker. Soon a huge rivalry erupted between Azad and Bozz Music label on the one side and Aggro Berlin label on the other. This put Azad even more in the spotlight as the rivalry escalated.

Azad released his third studio album Der Bozz in 2004 reaching the German Albums Top 10 by far outselling his first 2 albums. However the watchdog body BPjM slammed the album as too violent and a "danger to youth".

Oddly enough, Azad's biggest commercial success was a joint effort with German rapper Kool Savas in One released on BMG and hitting the Top 5 in German Albums Chart. Game Over his fourth album reached #8. He has released further albums but with relative success (Blockschrift in 2007, Azphalt Inferno and Assassin both in 2009)

He is also known for his collaborations with various artists like Seryoga, a successful Belorussian rapper.

His German #1 hit single is "Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)", featuring Adel Tawil of Ich + Ich. It is a German language theme song for the hugely popular American television series Prison Break broadcast with German voice over on RTL. His hit single "All 4 One" with Kool Savas remains his second best-selling single having reached #4 in the German Singles Chart.
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