K7 (singer)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Swing Batta Swing
  DE 80 05/09/1994 (5 weeks)
  UK 27 02/05/1994 (4 weeks)
  US 96 04/23/1994 (33 weeks)
Singles
Come baby come
  DE 24 03/07/1994 (16 weeks)
  AT 22nd 03/27/1994 (8 weeks)
  CH 28 04/03/1994 (11 weeks)
  UK 3 12/11/1993 (16 weeks)
  US 18th 12/11/1993 (21 weeks)
Zunga Zeng (with The Swing Kids)
  US 61 03/12/1994 (15 weeks)
  UK 63 06/25/1994 (2 weeks)
Hi De Ho (with The Swing Kids)
  UK 17th 04/02/1994 (5 weeks)
Move It Like This
  US 54 04/15/1995 (20 weeks)

K7 (born August 25, 1969 in New York City ; actually Louis Ramon Sharpe ) is an American singer , rapper and songwriter , who is also known under the name Kayel .

Career

Louis Ramon Sharpe, who was inspired by Afrika Bambaataa and the Cold Crush Brothers , is a representative of freestyle . Between 1985 and 1992 he was a member of TKA , a Latin hip-hop - Trio . The New Yorker then began his solo career as K7 and released his debut album Swing Batta Swing in 1993 with a mixture of rap , dancehall and dance . Half of the record features sung songs, the other half rapped songs.

The first release, Come Baby Come , became an international hit . The track reached position 3 in the UK charts , number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 30 in Germany , Austria and Switzerland . The successor, Zunga Zeng , entered the American charts in March 1994, as did Move It Like This a good year later . There were no further chart successes.

In 2001 Sharpe returned to TKA for the album Forever . In 2002 the K7 album Love, Sex, Money hit stores. It wasn't until 2009 that another K7 long player was released, The King's Agenda .

Discography

Albums

  • 1993: Swing Batta Swing
  • 2002: Love, Sex, Money
  • 2009: The King's Agenda

Singles

  • 1993: Come Baby Come
  • 1993: Zunga Zeng (with The Swing Kids)
  • 1994: Hi De Ho (with The Swing Kids)
  • 1994: Move It Like This
  • 1994: Body Rock
  • 1999: Voulez Vous (with Ty Bless)

swell

  1. ↑ Singles Albums UK Billboard 200
  2. ↑ TKA at Allmusic (English)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME K7
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharpe, Louis Ramon (real name); Kayel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rapper, singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States