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Aykut Anhan, known by his stage name Haftbefehl, is a German rapper of Turkish-Kurdish origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest German hip-hop artists. Haftbefehl was signed to his own record label Azzlack, before signing with the label Echte Musik.

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.

Genetikk is a German hip hop group from Saarbrücken. Members Kappa and Sikk formed the group in 2009 and have since released nine studio albums.

SSIO is a German rapper and music producer with Afghan roots.

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.

Giwar Hajabi, better known by his stage name Xatar, was an Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and businessman. He was the founder and owner of the labels Alles oder Nix Records, Kopfticker Records, Groove Attack TraX and Goldmann Entertainment. He studied Music Business at the London Metropolitan University.

The GfK Entertainment charts are record charts compiled by GfK Entertainment on behalf of the German record industry. They include the "Single Top 100" and the "Album Top 100" chart. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, and the chart compilations are published on Tuesday for the record industry. The entire top 100 singles and top 100 albums are officially released the following Friday by GfK Entertainment. The charts are based on sales of physical singles and albums from retail outlets as well as permanent music downloads.

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

Zugezogen Maskulin is a German rap duo, formed by grim104 and Testo in Berlin. They are signed to the Hamburg label Buback.