Serious Klein Explained

Serious Klein
Birth Name:	Kelvin Boakye
Alias:	Seri The King
Birth Date:	1991 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Hannover, Germany
Years Active:	2009–present
Label:	Majestic Casual Records

Kelvin Boakye (born 6 June 1991), known by the stage name Serious Klein, is a German rapper who has emerged from the underground hip-hop scene in Germany.^[1]

Early life

Serious Klein was born in Hannover, Germany to Ghanaian parents.^[2] His mother (a single mother) works in kindergarten and his father is a businessman. His parents separated when he was two years old and they moved to Duisburg, Germany at the age of four. He later moved to Oer-Erkenschwick. Serious started writing music at the early age of 12. He recorded his first song when he was 14 years old through a school project with the former music label VJ-Style.^[3]

Career

Serious Klein began performing under the name “key bee” which is short for his birth name Kelvin Boakye and changed his name to the present one in 2012. His mentor Ross Osei and his former in house producer Johannes "Shove Island" Altendorf took him under their wings and made him part of their own label DSTY records in 2009. He later formed the collective/label the family tree / 555 together with his manager Teddy Sarpong, His Tour Dj Dominik “Dayson” Antwi (in 2015) & his producer & long time collaborator Rascal.^[4]

Serious recorded his first EP "The Serious Outlook" in 2012 which helped him get recognized locally in Germany. After his first EP he did the following EPs "The Introduction“ in 2015 and “Summer 03's Problem" in 2016.^[5]

Serious released his debut album You Should've Known in 2018, out via Majestic Casual.^[6]

Discography

Studio albums

• You Should've Known (August 2018)^[7]

EPs

• The Introduction (June 17, 2015) ^[8]
• Summer 03’s Problem (August 2, 2016) ^[9]

Singles

Year	Title	Ref
2017	Try Me	^[10]
2018	Boy Boy	^[11]
2018	91 Flex	^[12]
2018	Coochie Money	^[13]
2018	Should’ve Known	^[14]
2018	Voodoo Money
2018	Junior feat Ahmaad Mateen
2018	These Days
2019	On a Goat	^[15]
2019	No Drill (Frizzo feat. Serious Klein)
2019	Lil Capo
2019	Die For You (Amilli feat. Serious Klein)	^[16]
2020	Everyday Thursday (Drunken Masters & Serious Klein)	^[17]

Notable performances & concerts

Serious Klein has also performed at the Esquire Awards which is to celebrate achievement of men and women in the middle east in Dubai 2017.^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Watch a new short film starring Ghanaian-German rapper Serious Klein. The FADER. en. 2019-06-03.
2. Web site: Premiere: Serious Klein Lays Down Bars For New Track "Coochie Money". Complex. en. 2019-06-03.
3. Web site: interview serious klein. Schön! Magazine. 30 June 2017 . en-GB. 2019-06-07.
4. Web site: Faith, Friendship, and False Idols with Serious Klein. majestic® Journal. en-US. 2019-06-04.
5. Web site: You Need to Stop and Watch Serious Klein's Epic Video for 'Voodoo Money'. 2018-09-10. OkayAfrica. en. 2019-06-03.
6. Web site: Premiere: Serious Klein Lays Down Bars For New Track "Coochie Money". Complex. en. 2019-06-03.
7. Web site: Serious Klein - You Should've Known Schmutz Album Review. Thomas. Joel. 2018-10-27. Schmutz. en-US. 2019-06-28.
8. Web site: $erious Klein – The Introduction. Paur. Jakob. 2015-06-17. JUICE Magazin. de-DE. 2019-06-27.
9. Web site: Still Vibin » Serious Klein – Summer 03's Problem. en-US. 2019-06-27.
10. Web site: Shazam. Shazam. 2019-06-27.
11. Web site: Boy Boy Serious Klein. Qobuz. en. 2019-06-27.
12. Web site: 91 Flex (prod. by Rascal). Hype Machine. en. 2019-06-27.
13. Web site: What do you know about Serious Klein? – The New LoFi. en-US. 2019-06-27.
14. Web site: You Should've Known Serious Klein. Qobuz. en. 2019-06-27.
15. Web site: On a Goat Serious Klein. Qobuz. en. 2019-06-27.
16. Web site: Die For You. .
17. Web site: Everyday Thursday. .
18. Web site: Esquire Man at His Best Awards After Party [Gallery]]. Esquire Middle East. en. 2019-06-28.