{"id":15975,"date":"2020-03-13T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpm-music.de\/artist\/15975\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:19:36","slug":"azad","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/mpm-music.de\/en\/artist\/azad\/","title":{"rendered":"Azad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The rap legend!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azad is one of the pioneers of German-language gangsta\/battle rap, which he brought from the street to the charts.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rapper of Kurdish descent, who is based in Frankfurt, started his career in hip-hop in the 90s with the successful label 3P and released his debut album &#8220;Leben&#8221; in 2001, which immediately entered the charts.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minimalist beats, his hard choice of words, sophisticated rap techniques and a large list of guest rappers have made the record a real German rap classic.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years later, he proved his skills again with the second album &#8220;Faust des Nordwestens&#8221;. This record also contained hard battle rap, but was supplemented by deep, melancholic songs. Azad became a permanent fixture in the rap scene.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strengthened by the success, Azad founded his own label &#8220;Bozz Music&#8221;, under which he released his third album &#8220;Bozz&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It became even more successful than its two predecessors and reached the top 10.<br\/>But Azad did not only celebrate huge successes solo.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2005, the joint album &#8220;One&#8221; with Kool Savas became a huge success.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with the Russian rapper Seryoga, Azad appeared in his first video clip in 2006 and landed at number 1 in the German charts in 2007 together with Adel Tawiel and the &#8220;Prison Break Anthem&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year later, Azad performed at an MTV Unplugged concert of the S\u00f6hne Mannheims (Wettsingen in Schwetzingen) and was heard there in &#8220;F\u00fcr dich \u00f6ffnen sie die Tore&#8221; by Xavier Naidoo.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three albums &#8220;Game over&#8221;, &#8220;Blockschrift&#8221; and &#8220;Assassin&#8221; also all achieved excellent chart positions, but the biggest success came in 2016 with the seventh album &#8220;Leben II&#8221;. With this, Azad finally reached pole position and celebrated his first No.1 album. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After this milestone, the three albums &#8220;NXTLVL&#8221;, &#8220;Der Boss II&#8221; and &#8220;Goat&#8221; were all able to place in the Top 10, two even in the Top 3.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the search for authentic and yet incredibly successful street rap, then as now, there is no way around Azad.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s why book the rap legend live for your event now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rap legend! Azad is one of the pioneers of German-language gangsta\/battle rap, which he brought from the street to the charts. The rapper of Kurdish descent, who is based in Frankfurt, started his career in hip-hop in the 90s with the successful label 3P and released his debut album &#8220;Leben&#8221; in 2001, which immediately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15979,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mpm_spotify":"7LQLsKs1Qulq0BxYdhRnBU","_mpm_spotify_typ":"artist","_mpm_video_1_id":"CIywwJudfSU","_mpm_video_1_titel":"EISZEIT","_mpm_video_1_titel_roh":"AZAD - EISZEIT (OFFICIAL VIDEO)","_mpm_video_1_jahr":"","_mpm_video_1_bild":12820,"_mpm_video_2_id":"2LUBX2bAgYA","_mpm_video_2_titel":"Grau","_mpm_video_2_titel_roh":"Azad x Miami Yacine x Pajel - Grau","_mpm_video_2_jahr":"","_mpm_video_2_bild":12821,"_mpm_video_3_id":"yw-Rp-ziI8Q","_mpm_video_3_titel":"HIPHOP","_mpm_video_3_titel_roh":"AZAD FT. 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