Nazi rap

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Nazi rap

Development phase: from 2005
Place of origin: Germany
Stylistic precursors
Hip-hop , right-wing rock
Pioneers
A3stus , Chris Ares , Dee Ex , King Bock , MaKss Damage , n'Socialist Soundsystem , Villain051
Instruments typical of the genre
synthesizer
Pioneer
Dissau Crime , Zyklon Beatz , Veritas Invictus

NS-Rap or NS-Hip-Hop , sometimes also called right-wing rap and Nazi-rap , is a right-wing extremist variant of German-language hip-hop music. The genre is less of a self-designation than a collective term used by anti-fascists in particular for right-wing extremist music from the hip-hop scene. Contrary to the name, the texts do not necessarily have to refer to historical National Socialism .

Emergence

The conflict between the right-wing rock scene and hip-hop culture began in 2001, when an article appeared in the scene magazine Rock Nord that referred to battle rap positively . The background to this was a series of racist and anti-Semitic comparisons. In the forums assigned to the right-wing rock scene, above all Thiazi.net , which was switched off in 2012 , there was repeated philosophizing about right-wing extremist hip-hop. Although there were a number of bands with nationalist and racist texts such as Zyklon Beatz , Dissau Crime or Disslinie , these were not assigned to the right-wing extremist scene.

The first song that can actually be assigned to right-wing extremist music culture was recorded in 2005 by the singer-songwriter Jan-Peter with his project Veritas Invictus. Shortly afterwards the first tracks by Bock , Dee Ex , Villain051 and Sash JM appeared . The latter operated, among other things, a domain with the name Rechtsrap.de. He has been serving a twelve-year prison sentence for murder since 2013. This first wave of right-wing rappers marketed their music on YouTube as well as through their own distribution.

In 2010 the scene grew. n'Socialist Soundsystem was founded as a side project of the right-wing rock band Häretiker . In addition, Sprachgesang zum Untergang (SZU) from Altenburg, a side project by members of the Hatecore band Eternal Bleeding , and, of course, from Potsdam. All three groups were also represented on various schoolyard CDs . The scene found its first star in 2011. Julian Fritsch, who calls himself MaKss Damage , was initially active in the left-wing rap scene, but increasingly came into conflict with it because of his homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic punchlines . The originally communist rapper switched to the right-wing extremist scene, where he was particularly noticeable for his extreme, seditious texts. In the same year, the right-wing extremist rap label LNR Records was created. "LNR" stands for "Legion N-Rap", a loose network of nationalist rappers. Three albums were released on the label: a mini album with various actors of the loose association, an album by n'Socialist Soundsystem and an album by the Argentinian right-wing rock band Muerte Y Calaveras. In addition, a concert with only 80 guests followed, which, however, was the first pure Nazi rap event. The initiative dissolved again shortly afterwards.

Dee Ex and Villain051 became known in 2011 and 2012 , who jointly published numerous songs on YouTube , including one that they showed at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Villain051 later founded with the songwriter RaW A3stus , which combines spoken singing with songwriting and made a name for itself on the fringes of HoGeSa and Pegida events.

In 2015, MaKss Damage released his first commercially available albums with 2033 and the mixtape Reconquista , which sold very well within the right-wing extremist music scene. In addition, in recent years he has been looking to join forces with the Blood & Honor movement and its successor structures. Together with the category C hooligan group , the rapper appears in Germany and neighboring countries to promote acceptance of Nazi hip-hop. Villain051 has also been able to expand its success in recent years and often appeared at right-wing rallies. He was also involved in the right-wing extremist movement. So he created the day of action “Black Crosses”, which shows solidarity with alleged victims of foreign violence and in 2016 was present in over 70 locations. In 2015, the rapper plot, who belongs to the Identitarian Movement , also came onto the scene . Together with Chris Ares , he released a free album in 2017. Chris Ares is a right-wing nationalist rapper who is also close to the Identitarian Movement. He runs a vlog on YouTube and is a member of the Association of German Patriots. At a demonstration by the AfD , he was noticed to have acted violently against photojournalists and alleged anti- fascists . In addition to the AfD and the Identitarians, he is also close to Pegida .

Music genre

Musically, Nazi rap does not differ from original hip-hop in Germany , with trends such as trap or cloud rap not playing a role. While the first attempts at rap were more in the lower range from an artistic point of view, a professionalization was particularly noticeable with MaKss Damage. So decreed n'Socialist sound system while MaKss Damage neither flow nor rhyme on his tracks, among other Double Time raps.

What distinguishes Nazi hip-hop from the German hip-hop scene is the alignment of the texts. Most of these are nationalistic and make positive reference to the Nazi era. In addition, subjects are often dealt with that are also common in legal rock, such as child abuse and abuse, Germans as victims of foreign violence or the warning of “ multiculturalism ”. While individual rappers like arrest warrant are noticed by individual anti-Semitic or Fler by patriotic text passages, these texts are common in right-wing extremist circles and in some cases even more radical than the texts of their colleagues from right-wing rock. In 2011 the track Die Faust goes zum Kopf by MaKss Damage and King Bock was released. MaKss Damage raps there:

“I stood up for my blood and our virtue. The pack of ticks wanted to break me, they must have meant well, I put them all together on the next train to Buchenwald [sound of gunshots]. Wash me off with the soap, enjoy the lampshade. "

- MaKss Damage : The fist goes to the head

King Bock adds: "I have hatred in my heart like the Steinar shirt and I rap for my country until everyone knows me."

This form of radicalism is not common to all rappers, but connections to National Socialism can also be found in allegedly moderate rappers. Villain051, who says he actually rejects National Socialism, rapped in the track Rap Holocaust with reference to Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf :

"We are writing a book on how we liberate Germany and we call it my struggle, part 2 [...] Together we stand in the bloody battle against the migrants and enemies of the people"

- Villain051 : Rap Holocaust

meaning

In the right-wing extremist scene, Nazi rap has so far only been a marginal phenomenon. Although individual actors such as Villain051 and MaKss Damage are integrated into the scene and have also enjoyed commercial success, they are met with skepticism there. Many, especially older fans of the scene, have little knowledge of hip-hop and understand this music primarily as " Negro music ", which they reject because of their cultural origins from the Afro-American lower class. For example, MaKss Damage was booed in Switzerland at the largest right-wing rock festival in Europe in recent years during a performance in front of 5,000 fans of right-wing extremist music. Bands like Sleipnir , who market a T-shirt with the slogan “Anti Hip Hop League”, and Angry Bootboys , who released the song “ Keinen Bock auf NS-Hip-Hop” in 2012 , polarize just as much against the scene as the NPD politician Sebastian Richter . However, the rappers have achieved respectable success in recent years. A number of right-wing extremist labels such as PC Records also publish Nazi rap albums. However, the actual distribution of the music is via YouTube and Facebook , where it primarily appeals to a young right-wing extremist audience from the hooligan environment.

Well-known representatives

The list is based on the brochure Deutschrap the Germans? from the TickTickBoom collective, supplemented by newly added rappers.

literature

  • TickTickBoom (Ed.): Deutschrap the Germans? German nationalism in rap - an intermediate result . Berlin 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Mathias Roth: NS-Rap: Back again? In: The Right Edge . 165 (March / April 2017), ISSN  1619-1404 , p. 40-41 .
  2. ↑ Woman dismembered: Nazi rapper in custody. Fault report , December 3, 2012, accessed on March 24, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b Nationaler Rap - Rap for the national community. Underdog-Fanzine, January 1, 2015, accessed March 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Neo-Nazis discover rap music for their propaganda. Die Welt , July 21, 2011, accessed October 29, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Jan Raabe : Braune Töne - an overview of eleven right-wing bands. Federal Office for Civic Education, accessed on October 29, 2015 .
  6. ^ LNR Records. Discogs , accessed March 25, 2017 .
  7. ^ Andreas Kopietz: Police take action against right-wing extremist hip-hop band from Berlin. Berliner Zeitung , May 7, 2015, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Max Nahrhaft, Anselm Schindler Ebersberg: The right rapper from Ebersberg . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed October 6, 2018]).
  9. ↑ a b Anna Springstoff: "I am a racist, and that day after day" - Nazi rap by MaKss Damage . In: TickTickBoom (Ed.): Deutschrap the Germans? German nationalism in rap - an intermediate result . Berlin 2015, p. 24 ( netz-gegen-nazis.de ).
  10. ↑ a b "Sound of the Reconquista" - "Plot" raps for the "Identitarian Movement" | Belltower News. Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
  11. ↑ The right thoughts of the German gang starap. In: head music. May 23, 2014, accessed on May 27, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ a b quoted from: Anna Springstoff: “I am a racist, and that day after day” - Nazi rap by MaKss Damage . In: TickTickBoom (Ed.): Deutschrap the Germans? German nationalism in rap - an intermediate result . Berlin 2015, p. 24 ( netz-gegen-nazis.de ).
  13. ↑ quoted from "This is the new folk music ..." - from Nazi rap to the schoolyard CD. Fault report , November 29, 2012, accessed on March 26, 2017 .
  14. ^ Matthias Roth: NS-Rap. In: Lotta. April 24, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Hannah Frühauf: NS-Hip Hop King Bock. Belltower.News , June 24, 2011, accessed October 8, 2019 .
  16. ↑ "plot" - identitarian Nazi rap, not from Halle - SACHSEN-ANHALT RIGHT OUTSIDE . In: SACHSEN-ANHALT RIGHT OUTSIDE . March 2, 2017 ( lsa-rechtsaussen.net [accessed October 16, 2018]).