Danny Fresh
Danny Fresh (born September 6, 1978 in Ostfildern - Ruit ) is a German rapper .
Life
Danny Fresh lived in Ostfildern- Scharnhausen until 1991 , where he attended the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium in the neighboring town of Ostfildern- Nellingen . This was followed by the Fanny-Leicht-Gymnasium in Stuttgart-Vaihingen and the Schönuch-Gymnasium in Holzgerlingen, district of Böblingen, where he graduated from high school in 1997. From 2003 to 2006 Danny Fresh studied at the newly founded Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim as the first course in the field of pop music design with a focus on songwriting. Since 2006 he has been a guest lecturer at the Popakademie. From 2011 to 2013 Danny was the first year to study the "Educating Artist" course at the Popakademie, which he successfully completed in 2013 with a Master of Arts degree.
Danny Fresh lives in Heidelberg and is married to the singer Laura Bellon.
Career
Danny Fresh began his musical career as an MC, then still under the name D-Boy, in 1993 with the hip-hop crew W4C (Warriors for Christ), together with the singer and producer Ruben Rodriguez and the DJ PL Peter Pan. After less than a year, the first demo tape, Take a Look, was self-distributed. Although he was still partly rapping in English at the time, he soon decided on the German language. Another year later, W4C released the first pressed demo CD, also self-distributed, Lord Take Care . In 1997 the first official EP from W4C was released, followed by the first album Not 2 Diss U in 1998 , the song I'll Be Around of which was released as a single via Sony Music.
Although Danny appeared as Danny Fresh on Not 2 Diss U , the first solo project, Question-Answer , appeared in 2000 under the name D-Boy . After a break, the next W4C album OST did not follow until 2003, accompanied by various single releases. The last release with W4C was the album Immer Noch in the summer of 2005.
In 2002, Danny Fresh began working with other bands and projects outside of the local Böblingen scene for the first time and was on the sampler Platform Records (2002), the album by the former Söhne Mannheim singer Rolf Stahlhofen Time to change (2003) and on represented both singles and the album of the all-star project Zeichen der Zeit (2003/2004). The single "You are not alone" by "Zeichen der Zeit" entered the top ten of the German single charts.
2005 Danny Fresh was a feature on Xavier Naidoo Album Telegram for X to be heard. In 2006 Danny Fresh released his first solo album Veni , which he was able to present as tour support for Xavier Naidoo in D / A / CH. Also in 2006 the new edition of “Signs of the Times” followed (with, among others, Xavier Naidoo, Cassandra Steen and Olli Banjo ) with the album David Generation , on which Danny is featured with 2 solo tracks and several all-star songs. The second album Vidi of his album trilogy was released in 2007 and contained features with Xavier Naidoo, Pal One , Tone and Bintia , the third album Vici was released in 2009. Then Danny Fresh took a longer release break and devoted himself to his master's degree, as well as building up his rap workshop work and various social projects.
On August 7th, 2015 the new Danny Fresh album #losiegen was released .
Winnenden rampage
After the 17-year-old student Tim K. caused a bloodbath on March 11, 2009 in the Baden-Württemberg district town of Winnenden, Danny Fresh recorded the song "What can this day change" on the same day. The campaign alliance Amoklauf Winnenden, founded by relatives of the victims, made the song their motto song, which is also featured on the sampler "Love stays" for the benefit of the campaign alliance. On July 17, 2009, the song was performed for the first time as part of a charity soccer game with a traditional team from VfB Stuttgart to commemorate the victims and to support the “Winnenden Amok Alliance” in Leutenbach near Winnenden.
Recordings (selection)
Danny Fresh and the radio station big FM received the LFK Media Prize in 2014 for their contributions to the 2013 federal election. The jury judged Fresh's daily rap on the election programs of the major parties: “The subject of the federal election is tackled in a linguistically clear manner and very coherently for the target group . A convincing campaign by a youth broadcaster for first-time voters. Refreshing in shape and yet also factual with a good groove. Information in a completely different way, well packaged and appropriately presented. "
Discography
- Studio albums - W4C
- 1998: Not 2 Diss U
- 2003: OST
- 2005: Still
- Studio albums - Danny Fresh
- 2006: Veni
- 2007: Vidi
- 2009: Vici
- 2015: #walk
- Singles - W4C
- 1999: I'll be around
- 2001: Tres Amigos
- 2002: The 5th LM-ent
- 2004: Respect
- 2005: is it love?
- Singles - Danny Fresh
- 2007: rock star
- 2009: What's included
- Features / sampler
- 2003: Signs of the Times / Signs of the Times
- 2005: “In your hands” telegram for X / Xavier Naidoo
- 2006: "David Generation" / Signs of the Times
- 2007: “Blood, Sweat and Tears” on GAIA / DJ GAMBIT
- 2009: “Courage to change” Everything can get better / Xavier Naidoo
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Music from here: Danny Fresh. (No longer available online.) Radio Regenbogen , archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Michael Cech: He brings hip hop to school. (No longer available online.) YOU! , July 7, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Danny Fresh. HipHop / Rap from Mannheim (DE), since 2005. Backstage Pro, accessed on October 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Daniel Schieferdecker: The song for action. Danny Fresh on his involvement in Winnenden. Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 11, 2009, accessed on July 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Popakademie graduate Danny Fresh awarded LFK media prize. (No longer available online.) Popakademie Baden-Württemberg , May 13, 2014, archived from the original on November 18, 2014 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ bigFM wins LFK media award - “Wahl-Rap” for the federal election convinces the jury. Radio headquarters , May 14, 2014, accessed July 10, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fresh, Danny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rapper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ostfildern - Ruit |