Editing Gangsta rap (section)

====History====
Pioneers of the subgenre gangsta-rap, who have been active since the 1990s, are [[Kool Savas]] and [[Azad (rapper)|Azad]]. Within the genre, they implemented an incredibly explicit, broken and aggressive text, that originally still had much influence from English text elements.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dietrich |first1=Marc |last2=Seeliger |first2=Martin (|title=Deutscher Gangsta-Rap: Sozial- und kulturwissenschaftliche Beiträge zu einem Pop-Phänomen) |publisher=transcript Verlag |date=2014-03-01 |isbn=978-3-8376-3750-2 |page=48}}</ref> This style of rap, after the turn of the century, was implemented by the majority of gangsta-rappers in Germany and is, therefore, a very well respected form on the approach of German gangsta-rap. On the other hand, Savas distanced himself from these vulgar and explicit texts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/startseite_artikel,-savas-sido-deutscher-rap-ohne-schnoerkel-_arid,359293.html|title=Savas & Sido: Deutscher Rap ohne Schnörkel|last=Bunker|first=Royal|date=2017-10-03|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208174750/https://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/startseite_artikel,-savas-sido-deutscher-rap-ohne-schnoerkel-_arid,359293.html|archive-date=December 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> One of the founding fathers of German gangsta-rap, Charnell, the little-known rapper and martial-arts artist, thematized growing up in the midst of a social renaissance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://90erhiphop.de/2017/deutschrap-classics-4-4-da-mess-mein-leben-1997/|title=Deutschrap Classics: 4 4 Da Mess – Mein Leben (1997)|last=Goldenera|first=Sven|date=2017-02-05|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155752/http://90erhiphop.de/2017/deutschrap-classics-4-4-da-mess-mein-leben-1997/|archive-date=October 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Gangsta-rap in other countries, that resembled the music of the [[Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt]] in Germany, was commercially successful in the 2000s. Germany at the time, however, had few rappers active in this subgenre; allowing certain artists in the Berlin underground-hip-hop scene an opportunity to establish themselves with their lyrics representing a certain hardship acquired through the criminal lifestyle which had previously been popularized. Recognizable names from the underground scene are Bass Sultan Hengzt, [[Fler]], [[MC Bogy]] or [[MOK]]. Another notable rapper and pioneer of gangsta-rap in Germany is Azad. Although he came from the rural [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]], he was a big reason this subgenre became popular in Germany. In his lyrical text, he thematized the rigid and rough lifestyle of living in the northwest district of Frankfurt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stern.de/kultur/musik/hip-hop-spricht-die-penislaenge-als-freiheitsmass-618745.html/|title=Die Penislänge als Freiheitsmaß|last=Gernert|first=Johannes|date=2008-04-29|access-date=2017-12-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217183005/http://www.stern.de/kultur/musik/hip-hop-spricht-die-penislaenge-als-freiheitsmass-618745.html|archive-date=February 17, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

At the beginning of 2003, the process of commercialization of this subgenre began. Contrary to popular belief, a variable of the German gangsta-rap became popular before the actual subgenre itself did. When [[Sido (rapper)|Sido]], a notoriously known rapper from Berlin, released his album ''[[Maske]]'' which thematized gangs, drugs and violence, this album became the first of its genre to sell 100,000 copies. Following that album Sido released another two named ''[[Ich (album)|Ich]]'' and ''[[Ich und meine Maske]]'' which both had over 100,000 sold copies and emphasized the success of his first album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/www.musikindustrie.de|title=Die Penislänge als Freiheitsmaß|author=e|access-date=2017-12-04}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/rap-star-massiv-ein-monster-lernt-zu-lieben-a-614256.html|title=Ein Monster lernt zu lieben|last=Oehmke|first=Philipp|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=2009-03-23|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902014618/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/rap-star-massiv-ein-monster-lernt-zu-lieben-a-614256.html|archive-date=September 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/hiphop-ruepel-sido-den-faxen-entwachsen-a-557195.html|title=Den Faxen entwachsen|last=Schneider|first=Markus|website=Spiegel.de|date=2008-06-08|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131181350/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/hiphop-ruepel-sido-den-faxen-entwachsen-a-557195.html|archive-date=January 31, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the success of Sido and his albums, [[Bushido (rapper)|Bushido]] became the next artist to emerge from the German gangsta-rap scene. He established himself a career and became the most important representative of German gangsta-rap of his time. [[Aggro Berlin]], the label those two artists were both represented by, stated that this version of rap was the second, more aggressive evolution of German hip-hop.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/sonntagszeitung/uebelst-tolerant-1460012.html|title=Übelst tolerant|last=Wittman|first=Martin|newspaper=Faz.net|date=2007-07-21|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235033/https://www.faz.net/sonntagszeitung/uebelst-tolerant-1460012.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Bushido's albums ''[[Carlo Cokxxx Nutten]]'' with Fler and Bushido's debut album ''[[Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline]]'' had relatively little success although the prominent topics on his album reflected directly with the themes that made Sido popular.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laut.de/bushido|title=Bushido – laut.de – Band|website=Laut.de|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221201637/https://www.laut.de/bushido|archive-date=December 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laut.de/Bushido/Vom-Bordstein-Bis-Zur-Skyline-(Album)/|title=Vom Bordstein Bis Zur Skyline|last=Johannesberg|first=Stefan|website=Laut.de|date=2003-08-14|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518002425/http://www.laut.de/Bushido/Vom-Bordstein-Bis-Zur-Skyline-(Album)|archive-date=May 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the continuous success of Sido and Bushido came a wave of rappers who were trying, with the help of major-labels, to establish themselves and be recognized by the populace. Eventually came Massiv, who was signed with Sony BMG, and was crowned by his label to be the German [[50 Cent]]. This artist did not reach the success of 50 Cent.<ref name="SPON-528792">{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/angriff-in-berlin-schuesse-auf-massiv-wurden-minuten-spaeter-im-internet-vermeldet-a-528792/|title=Schüsse auf Massiv wurden Minuten später im Internet vermeldet|last=Gebauer|first=Matthias|date=2008-01-15|access-date=2017-12-04}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Further artists such as [[Baba Saad]] or [[Kollegah]] have since then established themselves as relatively successful in the German charts. As of recently, names such as [[Farid Bang]], Nate57, Majoe & Jasko and [[Haftbefehl (rapper)|Haftbefehl]] have appeared on the charts regularly.