K.I.Z

Forming the German hip-hop crew K.I.Z. are MCs Tarek, Maxim, and Nico together with DJ Craft. Their first album, Das Rap Deutschland Kettensägen Massaker, appeared in 2005. The Böhse Enkelz mixtape arrived the following year, while the second proper studio album, issued in 2007 and titled Hahnenkampf (Cockfight), entered the Top Ten of the German album charts. Guest spots on releases by other artists and exclusive contributions to magazines have also marked the group’s activity. Sexismus gegen Rechts, their fourth album, surfaced in 2009 and likewise reached the top ten on the German pop charts. Their fifth album, Urlaub fürs Gehim, followed in 2011 and met with solid commercial results.