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Kelvyn Colt

Hip-hop, Urban / Germany (Berlin)
Kelvyn Colt
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" German rap with an English twist "

After years of putting in the groundwork, Kelvyn Colt exploded out of the Berlin underground scene in 2019 with the hit ‘Bury Me Alive’.

Colt is a singular talent within the German rap scene. While many of his peers have adopted a very-American style approach to their German-language music, Colt remains particular to his brand of heartfelt hip-hop, delivered in perfect English. It’s this approach that allows the multilingual rap and hip-hop talent to exist between different cultural worlds. An artist of German-Nigerian descent, he’s lived in Berlin, London, Paris and LA, and prior to his current career as a rap-star, he studied law and business. In fact, it was while studying Business in the UK that he took up the rap mantle; his first EP ‘Lh914’ was even named after his plane ticket there.

‘Bury Me Alive’ appeared in the soundtrack of the Netflix series ‘Wu Assassins’, and was then re-recorded for the hit YouTube channel COLORS. Following this hit moment, Colt received countless praise and accolades, such as from Vice Germany who labelled him as “our new hope in hip hop”, and Forbes who listed him in their 30 Under 30 list. He was also the first German rap artist to tour China.

In-between modelling for various high-street fashion brands, Colt found time to sign up with US agency Empire, which sent him to make music with Kayne West’s producer, Che Pope. More recently, after a string of collaborations, he contributed music to the dance movie ‘Fly’, which also featured Busta Rhymes and Anderson .Paak, among others.

Independent (reportedly buying himself out a major deal contract back in 2020), iconic, and cool-as-hell, Colt is a game-changing, shape-shifting music force that is constantly changing how the German rap scene is perceived nationally, and internationally.

Picture credits: Esra Sam

Published: April 4, 2018 – Updated: November 29, 2021