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Nana Kwame Abrokwa (born in 5 October 1968 in Accra, Ghana) is a German rapper and DJ, performing under the pseudonyms Nana or Darkman / Nana. Nana is not an actual first name, but a Ghanaian title of nobility. His most important achievement came in the second half of the 1990s, when his style was characterized as "euro-rap" and his lyrics focused on the relationship with God, with his family, or on topics like racism and Holocaust.
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[edytuj] Biography
Nana arrived in Hamburg with his mother and his brothers at the age of 10. At the beginning of the 90's, his debut consists of DJ-ing in hip-hop clubs. he also co-produces and raps in some songs of DJ David Fascher ("Here We Go", "Make The Crowd Go Wild"), under the alias MC Africa True.
In 1995 he joins as a rapper the Eurodance project Darkness, which was produced by Bülent Aris and Toni Cottura. The song "In My Dreams" becomes a club hit, but Nana didn't feel very comfortable with the style Darkness adopted and the group separates. However, his current scene name, Darkman, originates from this time.
In 1996 Aris and Cottura founded the Black Music label Booya Music, which Nana joined as the first artist. The first single, "Darkman" reached the top 10 of Germany's official single-chart by Media Control. The following single, "Lonely", became the most successful euro-rap song, being No. 1 for several weeks. The album, Nana, released in 1997, is more on the mainstream, US style of rapping. It features numerous other members of the Booya Family, such as Jan van der Toorn and Alex Prince.
The second album, Father, was released in May 1998 and contains rather slow pieces with very personal lyrics. The songs "Too Much Heaven" and "War" were also featured on the tribute albums Love The Bee Gees and Hands on Motown.
At the end of 1999, Nana's released the single "I Wanna Fly", which flopped, due to a decrease in euro-rap's popularity and the growing importance of hip-hop played in German. Nevertheless Nana still recorded two further albums with Booya Music, which were not released due to legal problems.
At the beginning of 2001 Nana released the German-language song Du wirst sehen, a gesture which was not appreciated by international fans. The single flopped, and the planned bilingual album Global Playa was canceled at the request of the record company.
After a long break, in the summer of 2004, Nana finally released the album All Doors In Flight No. 7, featuring Jan van der Toorn and Manuell, on his own label, Darkman Records. The album was distributed exclusively over the Internet, through Nana's website.
As of 2005, Nana is purportedly featured on a tape compilation of an underground DJ, Essenz Finezt [1].
[edytuj] Discography
Albums:
- 1997: Nana
- 1998: Father
- 2004: All Doors in Flight No. 7
Singles:
- Darkman - 06.12.1996
- Lonely - 07.04.1997
- Let It Rain - 07.07.1997
- He's Comin'- 01.09.1997
- Too Much Heaven - 01.12.1997
- I Remember The Time - 06.04.1998
- Dreams - 07.08.1998
- Father - 16.11.1998
- I Wanna Fly (Like A Angel) - 15.11.1999
- Du Wirst Sehen - 14.04.2001
- Butterfly/Ride With Me - 12.07.2004
- Ride With Me - 26.02.2005
[edytuj] Awards
- 1997: Comet Award for "Best German debut"
- 1998: ECHO for "Most successful German debut"
- 1998: ECHO for "Most successful German artist"
- 1998: Comet Award for "Best German act"
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[[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:German rappers]] [[Category:Ghanaian artists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[de:Nana Abrokwa]] PL Nana Kwame Abrokwa (urodzony w 5 października 1968 w Akra , Ghana ) jest niemiecki raper i DJ , wykonując według pseudonimów Babcia albo Darkman / Babcia . Babcia nie jest rzeczywistym imieniem, ale ghański tytuł z szlachetność. Jego najważniejsze osiągnięcie przybiegło w drugiej połowie z 1990s gdy jego styl został scharakteryzowany jako "euro-rap" i jego lirycy skupili na stosunkach z Bogiem, z jego rodziną, albo na tematach tak jak rasizm i Holocaust . Spis treści * 1 biografia * 2 dyskografia * 3 nagrody * 4 zewnętrzne połączenia Biografia [ edytuj ] Babcia przybyto Hamburg z jego matką i jego braćmi w wieku z 10. Na początku 90's, jego debiut składa się DJ-ing w klubach hip-hopu. on również współprodukuje i rapuje w jakichś piosenkach David Fascher DJ (" tu idziemy "" sprawiać, że Tłum szaleje "), według pseudonimu MC Africa True . W 1995 on dołącza jako raper Eurodance Ciemność projektu, która była wywołała przez Bülent Aris i Toni Cottura . Piosenka "In My Dreams" staje się klubu przebojem ale Babcia nie poczuła się bardzo odprężona ze stylem Ciemność zaadoptowała i grupa rozdziela się. Jednakże, jego obecne imię sceny, Darkman, pochodzi tym razem. W 1996 Aris i Cottura założyły czarnego metka muzyczna Booya Music , do który Babcia dołączyła w roli pierwszego artysty. Pierwszy bilet w jedną stronę, "Darkman" dojść najwyższy 10 z Niemcy 's urzędowy jednowykres przez Kontrola medialna . Następujący bilet w jedną stronę, "Samotny", stał się najbardziej udaną piosenką euro-rapowy, będąc nie. 1 przez kilka tygodni. Album, Babcia , wydany w 1997, jest więcej na głównym nurcie, USA fason rapowania. To przedstawia licznych innych członków Booya Rodzina, taki jak Jan van der Toorn i Alex Prince . Drugi album, Ojciec , został wydany w maju 1998 i zawiera raczej wolne kawałki z bardzo osobistymi lirykami. Piosenki "zbyt dużo nieba" i "Wojna" również zostały zamieszczone na albumach wyrazów uznania lubić Pszczoła Tysiączki i Ręce na Motown . Pod koniec 1999, Babci zwolniony jeden "chcę lecieć" który zrobić klapę, z powodu spadku w euro-rap's popularność i narastające znaczenie hip-hopu zagranego po niemiecku . Niemniej Babcia wciąż nagrała dwa dalsze albumy z Booya Music, który nie zostać zwolnić z powodu prawnych problemów. Na początku z 2001 Babcia zwolniła niemiecki-język piosenka Du wirst sehen , gest, który był nie docenił przez międzynarodowych fanów. Singel zrobił klapę, i planowany dwujęzyczny album Globalna Playa został odwołany na życzenie wydawnictwa płytowego. Po długim pęknięciu, w lecie 2004, Babcia w końcu wydała album wszystkie Drzwi w Locie nie. 7 , przedstawiając Jan van der Toorn i Manuell, na jego własnej marce, Darkman Records . Album został rozdany wyłącznie ponad Internetem, przez witrynę internetową Babci. Począwszy od 2005, Babcia jest rzekomo zamieszczony na wyborze taśmy podziemnego DJ, Essenz Finezt [1] . Dyskografia [ edytuj ] Albumy: * 1997: babcia * 1998: Ojciec * 2004: wszystkie Drzwi w Locie nie. 7 Bilety w jedną stronę: * Darkman - 06.12.1996 * Samotny - 07.04.1997 * Niech będzie padać - 07.07.1997 * Być Comin'- 01.09.1997 * Zbyt dużo nieba - 01.12.1997 * Pamiętam Czas - 06.04.1998 * Sny - 07.08.1998 * Ojciec - 16.11.1998 * Chcę lecieć (tak jak Anioł) - 15.11.1999 * Du Wirst Sehen - 14.04.2001 * Motyl/jazda ze mną - 12.07.2004 * Jazda ze mną - 26.02.2005 Nagrody [ edytuj ] * 1997: Comet Award dla "najlepiej niemieckiego debiutu" * 1998: ECHO dla "najbardziej udanego niemieckiego debiutu" * 1998: ECHO dla "najbardziej odnoszącego sukcesy niemieckiego artysty" * 1998: Comet Award dla "najlepiej niemieckiego aktu" COŚ Nana Abrokwa was born 5 October, 1969 in Ghana. At the age of 10, he came to Germany with his mother, brothers and sisters. That changed his life a lot and he learned a lot of new things. Nana had music as a hobby from the early years and when he finished school, he began as a DJ. He played at a lot of places and got kind of famous. He was also starring in two German movies. Well he could as well be an actor. Also he met Toni Cottura. They knew that they would work together some time, but then Toni was successful with the famous eurodance group Fun Factory and producing great hits for famous groups like Backstreet Boys, ´N Sync and Marky Mark. Finally Toni Cottura, with his partner Bulö left the Fun Factory and it was finally time for them to work together with Nana. "MC Africa True" was NANA's first Rap-Name when he started rapping and co-producing some songs for DJ David Fascher (for example Nana worked on David Fascher's Single "Make The Crowd Go Wild". Nana's first appearance on a big single, was as the group Darkness with the single "In My Dreams" in 1995. The music was programmed and arranged by Bülent. Nana is doing a great and fast rap and that is more of a euro disco song. Nana's first solo song was released in late 1996 and was called "Darkman". The song was a big success in Europe, especially in Germany, Austria, Switzerland & the Benelux. This was a new style of music that Europe saw. This was the beginning of the European Rap & HipHop era. The real breakthrough for NANA came with the next single, "Lonely". It was a super-hit of 1997 europe-wide. "Lonely", stayed over 1 month at number 1 in Germany! Then the people outside Germany began to hear this fabulous song and it really got big. It reached the top5 on most of the charts in European countries. Nana followed with the singles "Let It Rain", "He´s Comin´" & "Too Much Heaven" from his debut album "Nana - The Album". That albums features many acts like Jan VD Toorn, Jonestown, Pappa Bear, Alex Prince & Mazaya, and a lot of other Booya Family members. There are at least 2-3 more hit potentials on the debut album of Nana, and it is concidered as the breakthrough for the European Hip Hop & Rap music. Ecxept for the hit singles, the songs "One Second", "Why?" and "1,2,3 Are U Ready?" should be remembered. Booya was the name of the record compay and the "gang". Nana's all 3 of the following singles, all entered the top10 in Germany. Because off the top-selling single "Lonely", Nana was already famous and the people began to buy his next songs and they began comfortable at the chart-tops all over Europe. In May 1998 came the 2nd Nana-album, "Father". This was a new style that Nana showed up. It was more of an R&B/Rap album. With slower songs and more grown lyrics. From the album songs, except for the singles, the songs "Nigga 4 Life", "G.O.D.", "Pocket Full Of Memories" and "Do You Really Think You Know Me" should be remembered. He released the songs "Remember The Time", "Dreams" and "Father" from that album, and they all , as usual for that time, scored big in the charts. "Dreams" is a song that reminds a lot of the smashit "Lonely". Nana first single from the 3rd album, "I Wanna Fly (Like An Eagle)"
