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Patrick Losenský, known professionally as Fler, is a German rapper and the CEO of Maskulin Music Group.

Volkan Yaman, known professionally as Apache 207, is a German rapper and singer of Turkish descent from Ludwigshafen. He became best known for his breakthrough hit "Roller" in August 2019, which would be the first of several more Top 10 hits.

Samy Sorge, commonly known as Samy Deluxe, is a German rapper and record producer from Hamburg.

K.I.Z is a German hip hop group from Berlin consisting of the rappers Tarek, Nico and Maxim. Until 2018, DJ Craft was also part of the group but decided to leave the group to join an all girls KPOP band. Their lyrics often contain a lot of dark humor and irony as well as sociocritical content.

Die Firma is a German hip hop group formed in Cologne in 1996. It consists of Tatwaffe, Def Benski Obiwahn, and Fader Gladiator. To date, they have released six albums. Their second album sold over 80.000 copies in Germany and reached number 8 on the German album charts. They are best known for their 2005 hit "Die Eine", which peaked at number 2 on the German single charts. The band refers to its own style as "lyrics about beats that represent good and evil".

Michael Schindler, better known by his stage name Shindy, is a German rapper. He is currently signed to record label Sony Music Entertainment after leaving Friends with Money and ersguterjunge.

Marten Laciny, better known by his stage name Marteria, is a German rapper. He has met with success in Germany and the single "Verstrahlt", featuring Yasha, was included in the video game FIFA 12.

Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume, known professionally as Kollegah, is a German rapper. He releases his music via his own label, Alpha Music Empire.

Friedrich Kautz, known professionally as Prinz Pi, is a German rapper. He is also known by the name Prinz Porno. He has performed at the FM4 Frequency Festival, Dockville, Hurricane Festival, Rock am Ring, Southside Festival, and Openair Frauenfeld. He has collaborated with producers and artists such as Beatzarre, Casper, RAF Camora, Nico Santos, Quarterhead, Kaizers Orchestra, Bosse, Capital Bra, Frank Zander, Adel Tawil, Sido, Bausa, and Mark Forster.

Mohamed El Moussaoui, known by the stage name MoTrip, is a German rapper of Lebanese descent. His stage name uses the first syllable of his name and plays off the Arabic word for "singer" or "lyricist". MoTrip came into his own with hits such as 2013's "Guten Morgen NSA" and his 2015 song "So wie du bist". Since 2011, he has been under contract with Universal Music.

Marten Laciny, better known by his stage name Marteria, is a German rapper. He has met with success in Germany and the single "Verstrahlt", featuring Yasha, was included in the video game FIFA 12.

Lukas Strobel, better known by his stage name Alligatoah, is a German rapper, singer, producer and DJ signed to the independent German hip hop record label Trailerpark. He also publishes music for his two fictional characters Kaliba 69 (rapper) and DJ Deagle (producer) under his stage name. His albums Triebwerke and Musik ist keine Lösung were certified gold while the single "Willst du" was certified platinum.

187 Strassenbande is a German hip hop and urban music formation joining a great number of German rappers mostly based in Hamburg formed in 2006. It is made up of Gzuz, Bonez MC, Maxwell, LX and Sa4, taggers and graffiti artists Frost, Gel and Track, producers Jambeatz, Lukas H, 95a and nightclub owner Blanchy. Other members included AchtVier, Hasuna and Mosh36 who left for various reasons between 2013 and 2015. The formation is considered to be a part of the gangsta rap movement in Germany.

01099 is a German rap group from Dresden. The name refers to the postal code of Äußere Neustadt (01099), the area of the city the rappers are from.