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Alpa Gun

Rap music

Gangsta rap

Hardcore hip hop

One of the original voices of the gangsta rap scene which started in Berlin in the 1990s, Alpa Gun took on the persona of a swaggering, street-tough hard man, celebrated his devout Muslim beliefs and Turkish roots, and even rapped about his bald head and love of football. Growing up in the diverse neighbourhood of Steinmetzstrasse in the Schoneberg quarter of Berlin, Alper Sendilmen started competing in rap battles in his teens and cut his teeth as part of the AK Ausserkontrolle collective alongside the likes of DramaKing and Fux. With the showmanship, braggadocio and attitude...