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Kollegah is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Haftbefehl, Die Ärzte, araabMUZIK, Genetikk and Farid Bang. Those roots explain a lot about how Kollegah arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Farid Bang, Genetikk, Shindy, Fler and SpongeBOZZ, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Farid Bang, Favorite, Casper and SpongeBOZZ, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Kollegah, reaching back through Haftbefehl and forward to Farid Bang. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume, known professionally as Kollegah, is a German rapper. He releases his music via his own label, Alpha Music Empire.
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Kollegah connections
Kollegah grew out of Haftbefehl, Die Ärzte, araabMUZIK and Genetikk, shares an orbit with Farid Bang, Genetikk, Shindy and Fler, went on to shape Farid Bang, Favorite, Casper and SpongeBOZZ. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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