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Takt32 is a German rapper from Berlin , who gained notable fame mainly through his participation in Rap on Wednesday .

Beginnings & careers

Takt32 grew up in the Berlin district of Hohenschönhausen ( Weißensee ). There he was active in a local swimming club. Due to his talent for swimming, he came to competitions in France early in his youth. In 2005 and 2006 he lived with his host brother in banlieues in France (Paris, Rennes, Marseille). This was part of the local sprayer scene, so the Berliner got to know the relevant circles better and began spraying graffiti himself. After graduating from high school, he moved to the United States for four years (from 2009 to 2013) to St. Louis , Missouri, where he attended college that enabled him to receive an athletic scholarship .

"I noticed that because it was cheaper for me to be fully financed in the USA than to study at home at my own expense."

- bar 32

The prevailing special lifestyle there and the omnipresent battle scene prompted him to start rapping himself in 2008 based on German hip-hop, such as Aggro Berlin and West Berlin Masculin , which he heard when he was young. At first it was more of a hobby, but from 2012 his first recordings and performances together with a band from a university colleague became increasingly serious in bars.

At the age of 12 he began to produce his first own beats. He made his first attempts at rap at the age of 16. As one of the few from his circle of friends, he pulled through the hip-hop music-making and was able to celebrate his first successes at battle rap events such as Rap on Wednesday back in Germany . B. when he made it to the Kingfinals on his first visit and a few others. A title was denied to him until the battle in the BMCL against Separate . Together with his buddy fx , he founded the Kiezkunst label and, after saying goodbye to rap on Wednesday, devoted himself more and more to his solo career. On August 15, 2014 finally appeared on neighborhood art his debut EP #Overkill containing a mixture of battle rap-influenced songs and theme tracks.

On April 24, 2015, he released his first album Gang . The work on this album took place in a recording studio, where he also had a permanent producer. All previous publications have appeared on the independent label Kiezkunst . Only distribution was transferred to Chapter One ( Universal Music ) in 2015 .

Naming

Takt32 sticker on a Berlin trash can

The name Takt32 and the nicknames Takt and Takti , which are also common, have their meaning from his time as a sprayer: “I always tagged the leftover cans empty. The nickname Taggt eventually became “ Takt ”.

style

Takt32 is a rapper from the classic Berlin hip-hop school. His international influences from France and overseas are reflected in his rap style and are an essential distinguishing feature. The facets of his publications range from battle rap to socially critical texts, and exaggeration in particular often plays a role for him when making music. While he still used bright colors when spraying graffiti, today he tries to attract attention with his rap mainly through certain symbols, such as B. the hashtag in the title of his EP #Overkill .

Discography

  • 2014: #Overkill (Kiezkunst, EP)
  • 2015: Gang (Kiezkunst, studio album)
  • 2016: Chimera (Kiezkunst, EP)
  • 2016: ID (Kiezkunst, studio album)
  • 2018: Opium EP (Kiezkunst, EP)
  • 2018: 030 Hollywood (Kiezkunst, Mixtape)

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Individual evidence

  1. Chart sources: DE
  2. a b c d Julius Stabenow: Mindful of Skills - Takt32 in Juice No. 162, p. 14.
  3. a b Interview with Takt32 ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on meinrap.de, August 19, 2014, accessed on May 14, 2015.
  4. Johannes Rabolt: More than Battlerap - Takt32 in the Juice No. 167, p. 10.