Background
Felix Blume"s father is of Canadian descent and his mother of German descent. Kollegah grew up in Simmern.
Felix Blume"s father is of Canadian descent and his mother of German descent. Kollegah grew up in Simmern.
In 2004 he graduated from the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern with an Abitur.
He is also known as "Kollegah der Boss" or the pseudonym "T.O.N.I.". He is signed to the Hip-Hop independent label Selfmade Records. His style and demeanor is heavily based on gangsta rap.
Kollegah is known for his punchlines, double time-ability, complex and polysyllabic rhyme structures.
He spent his childhood partially without a father. His debut album, Alphagene, was released in 2007 as Selfmade Records" fourth album and reached #51 in the German album charts.
He currently lives in Düsseldorf and studies Jurisprudence at the University of Mainz. To graduate the state examination he has to do a placement but currently he"s concentrated on his career as rap artist.
In 2013, he received a Golden record for his collaboration album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 together with Farid Bang.
80,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week after release. On May 9, 2014, German Rapper Kollegah released his fourth solo album King. lieutenant reached gold status in Germany within 24 hours after its release for more than 100,000 units and 160,000 within a week sold and has become the first album of a German artist to peak at number one of the global album charts from Spotify.
Also, no other rap-album in Germany ever reached the Gold-status after just 24 hours.
In December 2015, Zuhältertape Volume 4 was released on Selfmade Records as Kollegah"s first universally-distributed mixtape/concept album.
lieutenant at Number. 1 on the German album charts with first week sales of 115,000 copies.
lieutenant was certified Gold during the opening week. Feud with Aggro Berlin On 11 March 2009, Chronik 2 was released, an album featuring the Selfmade Records artists.
The song "Westdeutschlands Kings" performed by Kollegah, Favorite and Farid Bang, targeted insults at Sido, Fler and Kitty Kat from Aggro Berlin. On 13 March, a song titled "Früher wart ihr Fans" was released by Fler, Kitty Kat and Godsilla as a reaction.
Kollegah responded on 20 March with the song "Fanpost", calling Fler a "fat potato" and claims that he was penetrated with a carrot.
Fler responded with the song "Schrei nach Liebe", the chorus of which is heavily based on Die Ärzte"s 1993 hit single "Schrei nach Liebe". 2008 Juice Awards 1st place in the category Newcomer National.
2008 Juice Awards 1st place in the category Newcomer National. 2009 Juice Awards des Hip-Hop-Magazins Juice 1st place in the category Album National for his mixtape/street album Zuhältertape Volume 3 and second place in the category Künstler National. 2014 German 1 Live Krone in the category Best Hip-Hop-Acting for the single Du bist Boss 2014 German Webvideo-Preis in the categories Epic, American Automobile Association for the music video Armageddon 2014 German Webvideo-Preis in the category Newbie for his YouTube promotion announcement 2015 German Echo for Best Interactive Acting and best act in the category Hiphop/Urban Gold-certification in Germany 2013: for the album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 with Farid Bang 2014: for the album King Platinum-certification in Germany 2014: for the album King Gold-certification in Austria 2013: for the album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 with Farid Bang 2014: for the album King.
