Kool Savas Explained

Kool Savas
Birth Name:	Savaş Yurderi
Alias:	King Kool Savas, S.A.V., Essah
Birth Date:	1975 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Aachen, West Germany
Origin:	Turkish
Genre:	German hip hop, battle rap
Years Active:	1995–present
Label:	Essah (since 2009) Sony (since 2002) Optik (2002–2009) Subword (2002–2007) Put Da Needle to Da (1999–2001)
Spouse:	Maria Yurderi

Savaş Yurderi (born 10 February 1975), known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper of Turkish Origin.^[1] Along with Taktlo$$, he formed the highly influential German rap duo Westberlin Maskulin (1997–2000). He was also a founding member of the German rap crew Masters of Rap in 1996. Savas is considered one of the most successful German rappers.

In 2012, he collaborated in "Xavas", a duo formation with Xavier Naidoo, a German soul and R&B singer-songwriter and actor in the album Gespaltene Persönlichkeit. The two had already worked together on a number of other releases.

Early life

Yurderi was born on 10 February 1975 in Aachen, Germany, the son of a German mother and a Turkish father from Çorum. Savaş returned to Turkey with his family when he was only 1 year old. But his father was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Turkey due to political problems.^[2]

He later returned to Germany with his mother. His father, who was imprisoned in Turkey for 5 years, also returned with them. They were then settled in Berlin. He currently lives in Berlin with his wife Maria Yurderi and their 1 child.

Career

Essah Entertainment (2010–present)

His 2011 album Aura included a single with the same name and a song featuring Xavier Naidoo, titled LMS 2012. In May 2012, Savas announced a collaborative album with Xavier Naidoo titled Gespaltene Persönlichkeit under the alias "Xavas" scheduled for release in Germany on 21 September 2012.^[3] The track list was announced in August 2012, containing a total of 15 tracks^[4]

His fourth studio album, Märtyrer, was released on 14 November 2014.

Discography

See main article: Kool Savas discography. Studio albums

• 2002: Der beste Tag meines Lebens
• 2007: Tot oder lebendig
• 2011: Aura
• 2014: Märtyrer
• 2019: KKS
• 2021: Aghori

Mixtapes

• 2004: Kool Savas goes Hollywood
• 2005: Die John Bello Story
• 2006: Wer hatz erfunden? (with Optik Schweiz)
• 2008: Die John Bello Story II
• 2009: Die John Bello Story II – Brainwash Edition (remix version)
• 2010: Die John Bello Story III
• 2016: Essahdamus

Remix albums

• 2004: Die besten Tage sind gezählt

Compilations

• 2008: The Best of Kool Savas

Collaboration albums

• 1997: Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes (with Westberlin Maskulin)
• 2000: Battlekings (with Westberlin Maskulin)
• 2001: NLP (with M.O.R.)
• 2003: Nur noch 24 Stunden (with Freunde der Sonne)
• 2005: One (with Azad)
• 2006: Optik Takeover! (with Optik Army)
• 2012: Gespaltene Persönlichkeit (with Xavier Naidoo as Xavas)
• 2017: Royal Bunker (with Sido)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: King Kool Savas - King of Rap . 22 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110625192321/http://rap.de/features/115 . 25 June 2011.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p703174|pure_url=yes}} Biography: Kool Savas]. Ankeny. Jason. AllMusic. 22 May 2010.
3. Web site: Kool Savas & Xavier Naidoo bringen XAVAS im September 2012 . hiphop.de (German) . 7 May 2012 . 21 August 2012.
4. Web site: Kool Savas & Xavier Naidoo Gespaltene Persönlichkeit . hiphop.de (German) . 21 August 2012.