Greckoe

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Greckoe (* 1986 ; bourgeois Konstantinos Tzikas , Greek : Κωνσταντίνος Τζίκας) is a German rapper and music producer of Greek origin. He was under contract with the hip-hop label Sektenmuzik . In 2011 Greckoe founded his own label under the name From Nowhere Entertainment .

biography

Greckoe attended the Askanische Oberschule in Berlin-Tempelhof , which he left in the twelfth grade. At the age of thirteen, he began recording tapes for the first time. He pursued this hobby together with his friend Butch. After the first recordings, Greckoe was given the first opportunity to record songs in a professional studio in 2006. This belonged to Montana Beatz, who is under contract with the Streetlife Entertainment label and has already worked with the Aggro Berlin artist Fler .

After founding the independent label Sektenmuzik , Greckoe was signed by the rappers Sido and B-Tight . At concerts he subsequently acted as a back-up rapper for Alpa Gun . On April 13, 2007, Sektenmuzik was released - the sampler on which the artists under contract with Sektenmuzik introduce themselves. On this sound carrier Greckoe is involved in five songs. This was followed by guest posts on the albums of artist friends. For example, Greckoe appears on the albums Neger Neger by B-Tight, which reached number 6 in the charts, and Loaded and unlocked by Alpa Gun, which entered the album charts at number 31.

On June 29, 2007 Greckoe's first mixtape was released on sect music . This was published under the title One level further . The Berliner was able to win the rappers Dean Dawson , Deso Dogg , Fler , Deoz, Bass Sultan Hengzt , King Donat One, Harris and Kaisa for guest contributions.

The second sampler of the label Sektenmuzik was released on January 18th. On this Greckoe was involved in a variety of songs. A split video in which Greckoe can be seen alongside Alpa Gun and Fuhrmann has already been broadcast on the TV station MTV. The sound carrier entered the German sampler charts at number 14. On February 12, the second video premiered on Urban TRL . This was turned into the song So we do that by Alpa Gun, Sido and Greckoe.

On September 16, 2008, the rapper's video Typical Greek was broadcast on the music channel MTV . The clip reached number 2 in the show's charts. On October 17, 2008 Greckoe's first album Typisch Greek was released .

On November 1st 2010 Greckoe released the EP Mein Hip-Hop, das Business & ich as a free download. The songs were produced by Arves, Esco Sounds, Joe Rilla , Hookbeats, Cristal Beats, Diego Tunes and Zino Beats. Liquit Walker and Sido will be featured on the EP with guest contributions. After the closure of the record company Sektenmuzik , Greckoe founded the label Aus demablo Entertainment in 2011 . In addition to Greckoe's own albums, the recordings of the rappers Butch, Azyl and Cello are also to be released via this. The first release was the mixtape Tales of the Life of Azyl for free download. In the same year the album Scheinwelt by Greckoe appeared, which however could not assert itself on the music market. After four years of musical abstinence, Greckoe brought out another album, Kiss, on his label Out of Nothing Entertainment in 2015 , which differed stylistically from previous albums, but was unable to build on previous successes.

In March 2017 the label Aus demablo Entertainment announced its dissolution.

Greckoe, meanwhile, concentrated on producer activities and worked with Bushido and Samra in 2018 . For Bushido he produced a track on his solo album Mythos . After Samra separated from Bushido's label Ersguterjunge in early 2019 , Greckoe also ended the collaboration with Bushido and has since focused on working with Samra and the music producer Lukas Piano .

With the collaboration on the number 1 collaboration album Berlin Lebt 2 by Capital Bra and Samra and the accompanying chart successes, Greckoe demonstrated his skills as a music producer . In 2019, Samra's single releases Marlboro Rot and COLT were released , in which Greckoe was involved as a producer .

He also produced along with Lukas Piano and Samra solo album Jibrail and Iblis of Samra, which was released on April 17, 2020th Greckoe gave his fans regular insights into the production work on Instagram .

Discography

Albums
  • 2007: One level further (Mixtape)
  • 2008: Typically Greek
  • 2010: My Hip-Hop, Business & Me (Free EP)
  • 2011: illusory world
  • 2015: Kiss
Singles
  • 2008: Typically Greek (E-Single)
Others
  • 2008: This is how we do it (with Sido and Alpa Gun) (Video)
  • 2008: Celebration music (with Harris) (video)
  • 2008: Hip-Hop is back (Freetrack)
  • 2008: The Best ( Juice Exclusive! On Juice -CD # 89)
  • 2008: HipHop is back (Freetrack by Typical Greek )
  • 2009: School (with Sido and Alpa Gun)
  • 2009: The Red Carpet (feat. Kristina) (Freetrack)
  • 2010: BBQ Exclusive (feat.Big Toon) (Freetrack)
  • 2010: Gummizelle (feat. Green Medicine ) (Freetrack)
  • 2011: What's in it? (Freetrack)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sektenmuzik: Information on "Sampler 2" / Split Video ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mzee.com
  2. Urban TRL from September 16, 2008 - 4:05 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  3. Urban TRL from September 23, 2008 - 4:05 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  4. Hiphopholic.de: Greckoe - "My HipHop, The Business & Me". Retrieved November 1, 2010 .
  5. Backspin-Media.de: Greckoe (Ex-Sektenmuzik) comes with a new label. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
  6. ^ Robin Schmidt: From Sektenmuzik to "Berlin Lebt 2": Greckoe's extraordinary career path. September 21, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  7. Azyl Announces Disbandment of Out of Nowhere Entertainment | distri.de. Accessed January 10, 2020 (German).
  8. ^ Robin Schmidt: From Sektenmuzik to "Berlin Lebt 2": Greckoe's extraordinary career path. September 21, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  9. SAMRA - COLT (prod. By Lukas Piano & Greckoe). Accessed January 10, 2020 (German).
  10. SAMRA - MARLBORO RED (PROD. BY LUKAS PIANO & GRECKOE). Accessed January 10, 2020 (German).
  11. 95 BPM (@greckoe) • Instagram photos and videos. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .