Ercan Kocer better known as Ercandize is a German rapper

German hip hop

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 of Turkish ancestry

Turkey

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 and a certificated economist

Economist

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. He is signed on Kool Savas

Kool Savas

Savas Yurderi also known as Kool Savas , is a German rapper and hip hop artist. Savas is mostly referred to as "King of Rap" or "King of German Rap"."Savaş" is the Turkish word for "war"....

' label Optik Records

Optik Records

Optik Records was a German hip hop label, which located in Berlin. On May 2002 founded by Kool Savas, until beginning 2008 the label had an contract with Sony BMG. On February 2009 it got closed, because of financial troubles....

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Ercandize grew up in Wesel

Wesel

Wesel is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.-Division of the town:Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighoven, Ginderich, Feldmark,Fusternberg, Büderich, Flüren and Blumenkamp.-History:...

. In his youth, he wrote graffiti

Graffiti

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 until he started the rap crew ABS with Sedat and Daiker around 1993. Producer Discopolo, DJ

Disc jockey

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 Salicious and MC Short joined later. In 1999, ABS released their first single, "08-15/Focus", which was chosen as 12" of the month by the German hip hop magazine Juice

Juice (magazine)

Juice is a well known German hip hop magazine and the biggest of its kind in Europe. In every issue readers find interviews with rappers and record reviews...

 and in mid-99, the first record contract was signed. Features with well known German artists like Plattenpapzt, Too Strong, RAG

RAG

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 and Roey Marquis as well as two more singles followed until ABS' debut album Kinderspiel - Leichter getan als gesagt was published. Beyond expectation, it reached #46 on the German charts

Media Control Charts

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ABS went on hiatus, and due to several differences, Ercandize parted from his label BMG.

Kool Savas took notice of Ercandize's talent through a feature on an album by Illmatic and invited Ercandize to Berlin to record some tracks. Consequently, Ercandize was signed to Optik Records and his first solo album Verbrannte Erde was released in April 2007. He also founded his own label Assazeen.

Ercandize has studied economics

Economics

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 at the Ruhr University

Ruhr University

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 in Bochum

Bochum

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. He got his diploma in 2006.

Albums

• 2001 - Kinderspiel - Leichter getan als gesagt (as ABS; German charts
  Media Control Charts
  The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
  
  : #46)
• 2006 - Optik Takeover (with Kool Savas & Optik Army; #8))
• 2007 - Verbrannte Erde (#71)

Mixtapes

• 2004 - Best Of Ercandize Vol. 1
• 2004 - Ear 2 The Street (with DJ Katch)
• 2005 - Ear 2 The Street Vol.2 (with DJ Katch)
• 2006 - La Haine - Sie Nannten Ihn Mücke

Singles

• 1999 - "08-15/Focus" (as ABS)
• 2000 - "Mathematik/Klarkomm'" (as ABS)
• 2000 - "Weisst Du…?" (as ABS; with Creutzfeldt & Jakob, Dike & OnAnOn)
• 2006 - "Das ist OR" (with Kool Savas & Optik Army; #28)
• 2006 - "Komm mit mir" (with Kool Savas; #26)
• 2007 - "Verbrannte Erde"

Other

• 2006 - "Lava-Rhymes" (Juice exclusive
  Juice (magazine)
  Juice is a well known German hip hop magazine and the biggest of its kind in Europe. In every issue readers find interviews with rappers and record reviews...
  
  [CD #63])
• 2006 - "Komplett Geboxt" (with Separate; Juice exclusive [CD #65])
• 2007 - "Represent" (Juice Exclusive [CD #72])
• 2007 - "Im Studio" (with Lakmann - hiphop.de exclusive)
• 2007 - "Wer ist es" (with Kool Savas and Lakman - optikrecords.de)
• 2007 - "Was Ich Habe" (with Lakmann - rap.de exclusive)
• 2007 - "Nie Mehr" (with Kool Savas & Caput - 77store.com exclusive)

External links

Official website Interview with mzee.com