Sékou (rapper)
Sékou "The Ambassador" (born June 16, 1971 in Boston , actually Ahmed Sékou Neblett also known as MC Koukou ) is an American rapper , singer , songwriter , publisher and filmmaker. He became known through his collaboration, also in German, with the hip-hop group Freundeskreis and, with them, shaped German-language hip-hop music in the late 1990s.
biography
Sékou first grew up in Boston, from 1976 to 1984 he lived in Düsseldorf . He came back to Germany in 1993 as part of a student exchange program. Here he began to get involved in various bands in Freiburg. He decided not to return to the US. In 1997 he met in Stuttgart on Max Herre . He has been a permanent feature artist at Freundeskreis since the album Quadratur des Kreises. Sékou was on tour with Freundeskreis for a long time and also participated in the FK Allstars.
He is active with the Brothers Keepers . In 2003 he founded the publishing house “Red-Black-Green” with Afrob (based on the pan-African colors ). Afrob has now dropped out there.
While squaring the circle, he rapped in both German and English. Later only in his native English.
In 2015 he released his debut film as a film director, the Mockumentary Blacktape .
Discography
For publications with a circle of friends see there.
- 2000: A Lifelong Thing
- 2001: DIaSPORa
Collaborations (selection) and a. with Max Herre , Afrob , DJ Thomilla
- 1998: Tabula Rasa (Circle of Friends + Mellow Bag)
- 2001: Adriano (Last Warning) ( Brothers Keepers )
- 2003: Black Star Line-Up (Afrob, RZA)
- 2004: Where Do We Go From Here (Max Herre)
As a songwriter:
- 2006: Joy Denalane - Born & Raised involved.
- 2007: Yvonne Catterfeld - Alles Was Du Erträumst u. a. with Max Herre , Joy Denalane
Web link
- Sékou (rapper) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of SWR3 ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Portrait at the Brothers Keepers ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2007 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.
- ↑ Interview with Afrob (aight comrades)
- ↑ Interview with Afrob (Wildwechsel) ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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.
- ↑ Discography at Discogs
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sékou |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neblett, Ahmed Sékou (real name); Sékou The Ambassador (pseudonym); MC KouKou (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |