AK Ausserkontrolle
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Short description|German rapper}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = AK Ausserkontrolle
| image = 2019 AK Ausserkontrolle - by 2eight - DSC0536.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = AK Ausserkontrolle performing in 2019
| birth_name = Davut Altundal
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| origin = Kurdish
| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = Rapper
| years_active =
| label = XY Records
}}
Davut Altundal, known professionally as AK Ausserkontrolle ({{lit}} "AK Outta Control"), is a German rapper of Kurdish descent from Berlin.
Biography
Altundal was born in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3Lllbmmrc|title=GERMANIA - AK Ausserkontrolle - YouTube|website=youtube.com|accessdate=10 November 2020}} His parents are from the Mardin Province in Turkey. They emigrated to Lebanon and later to Germany. He grew up in Wedding, a borough of Berlin. His friend Fux Ausserkontrolle founded the hip hop group Ausserkontrolle where he was member a long time.{{cite web|url=https://www.laut.de/AK-AusserKontrolle|title=AK AusserKontrolle|website=laut.de|accessdate=10 November 2020}}
In 2017, Altundal decided to leave. In the same year, he also signed at Ersguterjunge, the music label of the rapper Bushido and his business partner Arafat Abou Chaker. After a dispute between Bushido and Abou Chaker, the label split up and AK Ausserkontrolle and almost all the other signings have left it in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.spit-tv.de/behind-the-scenes/ak-ausserkontrolle-trennung-ersguterjunge-statement/|title=AK AusserKontrolle trennt sich von ersguterjunge & veröffentlicht ausführliches Statement|website=spit-tv.de|accessdate=10 November 2020|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117055905/https://www.spit-tv.de/behind-the-scenes/ak-ausserkontrolle-trennung-ersguterjunge-statement/|url-status=dead}} After that, he founded his own label XY Records.{{cite web|url=https://hiphop.de/magazin/news/ak-ausserkontrolle-gruendet-eigenes-label-bushido-rapszene-gratulieren-313064|title=AK Ausserkontrolle gründet eigenes Label: Bushido und die Rapszene gratulieren|website=hiphop.de|accessdate=10 November 2020}}
Altundal has previously committed burglaries and robberies in stores.{{cite web|url=https://www.16bars.de/newsartikel/256915/ak-ausserkontrolle-haftstrafe-des-bruders-wegen-songtexten-verlaengert/|title=AK Ausserkontrolle: Haftstrafe des Bruders wegen Songtexten verlängert?|website=16bars.de|date=10 March 2020 |accessdate=10 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/tatort/das-sind-die-blitzeinbrecher-von-berlin|title=Das sind die Blitzeinbrecher von Berlin – B.Z. Berlin|website=bz-berlin.de|date=2 June 2015 |accessdate=10 November 2020}} Because of his previous convictions, he was requested to leave Germany to Turkey in April 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/einem-der-bekanntesten-berliner-gangsta-rapper-droht-die-abschiebung|title=Einem der bekanntesten Berliner Gangsta-Rapper droht die Abschiebung|website=bz-berlin.de|date=30 April 2019 |accessdate=10 November 2020}} but he refused, and in May 2019 he got a residence permit valid for at least three years.{{cite web|url=https://hiphop.de/magazin/news/ak-ausserkontrolle-entgeht-abschiebung-319388|title=AK Ausserkontrolle entgeht Abschiebung|website=hiphop.de|accessdate=10 November 2020}}
AK Ausserkontrolle wears a bandana which covers his face to stay anonymous.
Discography
=Albums=
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! style="width: 20px;" rowspan="2" | Year ! style="width: 200px;" rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="3" | Peak chart positions |
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2016
| Panzaknacka | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| 40 | align="center"| 26 |
2017
| A.S.S.N. | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| 14 |
2018
| XY | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 18 |
2019
| XY Sampler | align="center"| 63 | align="center"| {{spaced ndash}} | align="center"| {{spaced ndash}} |
2020
| A.S.S.N. 2 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1= | align="center"| 5 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Instagram|akausserkontrolle}}
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Category:German people of Kurdish descent