Harris (rapper)
{{Short description|German rapper (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Harris
| image = Harris, Rapper (2006).jpg
| caption = Harris in 2006
| birth_name = Oliver Harris
| alias =
| birth_place = Berlin, West Germany
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| death_date =
| instrument =
| genre = German hip hop
| occupation =
| years_active = 1990s–present
| label = G.B.Z. Imperium
| associated_acts = Spezializtz
Deine Lieblings Rapper
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
Oliver Harris (born 1976), better known as Harris, is a German rapper from Berlin-Kreuzberg. He founded the hip hop duo Spezializtz and the record label G.B.Z. Imperium with Dean Dawson. Together with Sido, he forms the duo Deine Lieblings Rapper.
Personal life
Harris was born in Germany to an African-American soldier father, and a German mother.{{cite news|url=http://www.zeit.de/2010/47/Rapper-Harris|title=Integration: Deutscher Patriot|first=Khuê|last=Pham|date=19 November 2010|publisher=|newspaper=Die Zeit}}
Discography
=Albums=
- 2003 – Dirty Harry
- 2005 – Dein Lieblings Album (with Sido as Deine Lieblings Rapper)
- 2010 – Der Mann im Haus
- 2023 - Tait Eita
=Singles=
- 2001 – "Grundkurs"
- 2003 – "Sind wir nicht alle ein bisschen Jiggy?"
- 2005 – "Steh wieder auf" (with Sido as Deine Lieblings Rapper)
- 2011 – "Stell dir eine Welt vor" (feat. Sido)
References
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External links
- {{in lang|de}} [http://www.gbz-imp.de/ G.B.Z. Imperium website]
- {{in lang|de}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070626030742/http://www.aggroberlin.de/lieblingsrapper/ Deine Lieblings Rapper website] (archived)
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Category:Musicians from Berlin
Category:German people of African-American descent
Category:People from Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
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