Artists like Freundeskreis
Kindred artists that sit next to Freundeskreis on the star chart — same era, adjacent sound, or overlapping influence. Tap any card to open its full page.
BeginnerartistBeginner is a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Delay, Denyo and DJ Mad. Their fourth album, Advanced Chemistry, was released in August 2016.
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Die Fantastischen VierartistDie Fantastischen Vier, often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, and Michi Beck. They were, together with Advanced Chemistry, one of the earliest German-language rap groups.
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Maximilian Herre is a German rapper, singer-songwriter and music producer who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis. He is also A&R for the record label Nesola, a joint venture with his wife Joy Denalane, among others.
AfrobartistRobert Zemichiel, known professionally as Afrob, is a German rapper and actor. He was born in Venice, Italy but grew up in Stuttgart, Germany. He began rapping in 1994, and has released nine albums since: Rolle mit Hip Hop (1999), Made in Germany (2001), Wer hätte das gedacht? (2003), Hammer (2005), Der Letzte seiner Art (2009), Push (2014), Blockbasta (2015), Mutterschiff (2016), and most recently Abschied von Gestern (2019).
Die FirmaartistDie 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".
Fünf Sterne DeluxeartistFünf Sterne deluxe is a German-language hip-hop band from Hamburg, Germany, founded in mid-1997, consisting of the rappers Das Bo and Tobi Tobsen, the graphic designer Marcnesium, and the disc jockey DJ Coolmann.
DeichkindartistDeichkind is a German electropunk band formed in Hamburg in 1997. Current members are “Kryptik Joe” alias Philipp Grütering (rapper/songwriter), Henning “DJ Phono” Besser (DJ), Sebastian “Porky” Dürre (rapper/songwriter) and Roland “Roy” Knauf (producer). Deichkind started with hip hop, later added elements of electronic dance music to its style. The band themselves call their music TechRap as a combination of techno and rap music. The songs are often satirical and criticize consumerism and the performance-oriented society.
Ferris MCartistSascha Reimann, better known by his stage name Ferris MC, is a German musician, rapper and actor.
MarsimotoartistMarten 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.
MarteriaartistMarten 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.
Antilopen GangartistAntilopen Gang is a German hip hop group from Düsseldorf and Aachen. The group consists of the rappers Koljah, Panik Panzer and Danger Dan and produces music under their own label, Antilopen Geldwäsche. Another member of the group, NMZS, committed suicide in 2013.
Prinz PiartistFriedrich 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.
SDPartistSDP, an abbreviation of Stonedeafproduction, is a German pop/hip hop duo made up of singer and producer Vincent Stein and singer and guitarist Dag-Alexis Kopplin. The duo is signed to the Berliner Plattenbau label.
MoTripartistMohamed 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.
Marius Müller-WesternhagenartistMarius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know his anthem-like songs by heart. Though written a few years earlier, his song "Freiheit" ("Freedom") is widely considered as an anthem of the German Reunification. Since the late 1980s, he has also been known mononymously as Westernhagen.