Kalim

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Kalim at the Splash! Festival 2017

Kalim (* 1992 in Hamburg-Billstedt ; bourgeois Kalim Schamim , Pashto : کلیم شمیم) is a German rapper of Afghan origin. He is under contract with Universal Music .

Career

Kalim spent his childhood in the Hamburg district of Billstedt . He has Afghan roots. According to his own statements, he started rapping in 2006. In 2011 Kalim released his first mixtape Where I Live and caught the attention of SSIO 's manager who ran the label Alles oder Nix Records while Xatar was still in prison. At the end of 2011 he was signed and released the single AON Spezial together with Xatar and SSIO on the Youtube channel of Alles oder Nix Records. This was followed by collaborations with SSIO and Nate57 , among others . In 2014 he published his mixtape Six Crowns . His debut album Odyssey 579 was released on October 28, 2016 . In August 2018 Kalim announced the separation between him and the label “Alles oder Nix” on Instagram.

The main themes of his music are street life in Hamburg . Up to the album Odyssey 579, his beats were similar to West Coast music.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2016 Odyssey 579 DE16 (1 week)
DE 		AT64 (1 week)
AT 		CH32 (1 week)
CH
First release: 2016
Label: Alles oder Nix Records
Format: CD, download, vinyl
2017 Heir to the throne DE7 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT29 (1 week)
AT 		CH21 (1 week)
CH
First release: September 23, 2017
Label: Alles oder Nix Records
Format: CD, download, vinyl
2019 Zero to one hundred DE13 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT28 (1 week)
AT 		CH30 (1 week)
CH
First release: July 5th, 2019
Label: Universal Urban
Format: CD, download, streaming

Mix tapes

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2014 Six crowns DE30 (1 week)
DE 		AT49 (1 week)
AT 		CH32 (1 week)
CH
First release: 2014
Label: Alles oder Nix Records
Format: CD

More mix tapes

  • 2011: Where I live (first publication: 2011; format: CD, download)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2017 Tresi
heir to the throne 		DE93 (1 week)
DE 		- -
feat. Luciano
38
heir to the throne 		DE82 (1 week)
DE 		- -
feat. Gzuz & GriNGO44
2019 Kilos
zero to one hundred 		DE35 (1 week)
DE 		- -
feat. Luciano
Mbappé
zero to one hundred 		DE98 (1 week)
DE 		- -
Up to 3
zero in one hundred 		DE26 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT71 (1 week)
AT 		CH93 (1 week)
CH
feat. Nimo
63
zero to one hundred 		DE86 (1 week)
DE 		- -
feat. Jamule
Lowrider
 DE15 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT40 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH47 (1 week)
CH
feat. Nimo
2020 Skrr DE8 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT8 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH15 (3 weeks)
CH
with Ufo361
Dopeboy DE30 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT54 (1 week)
AT 		CH78 (1 week)
CH
Lit. DE45 (1 week)
DE 		- -

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2018 Through the City
L.OCO 		DE57 (1 week)
DE 		- -
Luciano feat. Kalim & Azzi memo

Further guest contributions

  • 2011: AON special with Xatar and SSIO
  • 2012: Reachable again at No. 415 from Xatar (feat. SSIO)
  • 2012: Special advanced seminar for drugs and alcohol on special material from SSIO
  • 2013: Naturalization test for difficult migrant children and Black Afghans (feat. Obacha) on BB.UMSS.N by SSIO
  • 2015: Justice on Baba of all Babas of Xatar
  • 2016: Not interested in 0.9 from SSIO
  • 2016: Mix for mix on Gauna by Nate57

Web links

Commons : Kalim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KALIM leaves AON and Signs With Universal - rap.de . In: rap.de . August 21, 2018 ( rap.de [accessed September 30, 2018]).
  2. ↑ a b Kalim. Laut.de , accessed on November 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
personal data
SURNAME Kalim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shamim, Kalim (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rapper
DATE OF BIRTH 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg - Billstedt