Tomasz Kuklicz
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Tomasz Kuklicz a.k.a. DJ Tomekk (born October 11, 1975 in Kraków
, Poland
) is a Polish
-born, German
-based hip hop
DJ
.
His hits feature rappers like Ice-T
, Fatman Scoop
, Khia
, Xzibit
, Fler
, Sido
, Kurupt
, Lil' Kim
, KRS-One
, Flavor Flav
and GZA
.
DJ Tomekk's first album was called Return of Hip Hop and was followed by Beat of Life and Numma Eyns (Number One).
He took part in the third series of German reality show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
in 2008 but was evicted by RTL Television
for making a Hitler salute
and singing "Deutschland Über Alles" in the lobby of his hotel shortly before the team left for the jungle, despite his insistences that he was merely joking.
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
-born, German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-based hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
.
His hits feature rappers like Ice-T
ICE-T
* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...
, Fatman Scoop
Fatman Scoop
Isaac Freeman III, better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop is a hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw, loud voice....
, Khia
Khia
Khia Shamone Chambers , better known just as Khia, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early life:Khia was born on November 8, 1977 in Philadelphia and was raised in its Germantown neighborhood, and she moved to Tampa, Florida when she was 11. Khia attended Dowdell...
, Xzibit
Xzibit
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an American rapper, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, which brought him mainstream success...
, Fler
Fler
Patrick Losensky better known as Fler, is a German rapper. He also uses the pseudonym Frank White after the character in King of New York....
, Sido
Sido (rapper)
Paul Hartmut Würdig , better known as Sido, is a German rapper.The name "Sido" is an abbreviation which stands for "superintelligentes Drogenopfer" or "Scheiße in dein Ohr" in earlier times.Würdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics...
, Kurupt
Kurupt
Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...
, Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A.....
, KRS-One
KRS-One
Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...
, Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav
William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. , better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper and television personality who rose to prominence as a member of the rap group Public Enemy...
and GZA
GZA
Gary Grice , better known by his stage names GZA and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist and founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. He has also appeared on his fellow clan members' solo projects and has maintained a successful solo career...
.
DJ Tomekk's first album was called Return of Hip Hop and was followed by Beat of Life and Numma Eyns (Number One).
He took part in the third series of German reality show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! is a German television series based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...
in 2008 but was evicted by RTL Television
RTL Television
Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
for making a Hitler salute
Hitler salute
The Nazi salute, or Hitler salute , was a gesture of greeting in Nazi Germany usually accompanied by saying, Heil Hitler! ["Hail Hitler!"], Heil, mein Führer ["Hail, my leader!"], or Sieg Heil! ["Hail victory!"]...
and singing "Deutschland Über Alles" in the lobby of his hotel shortly before the team left for the jungle, despite his insistences that he was merely joking.
Albums
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER 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... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| 2001 | Return Of Hip Hop | 5 | 49 | 27 | |
| 2003 | Beat Of Life Vol. 1 | - | - | - | |
| 2005 | Numma Eyns | 39 | 67 | 96 | |
| 2006 | Best Of DJ Tomekk | - | - | - | |
| 2007 | The Next Generation Mixtape | - | - | - | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER 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... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
EU Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
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| 1999 | 1, 2, 3 Rhymes Galore (feat. Grandmaster Flash Grandmaster Flash Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing.... , Flavor Flav Flavor Flav William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. , better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper and television personality who rose to prominence as a member of the rap group Public Enemy... , MC Rene and Afrob Afrob Afrob is an Afro-German rapper of Eritrean descent. He is easily recognizable due to his trademark afro, from which his pseudonym is derived.- Biography :... |
6 | 9 | 34 | - | - |
| 2000 | Ich Lebe Für Hip Hop (feat. GZA GZA Gary Grice , better known by his stage names GZA and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist and founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. He has also appeared on his fellow clan members' solo projects and has maintained a successful solo career... , Curse Curse A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object... and Stieber Twins Stieber Twins The Stieber Twins are a duo from Heidelberg, Germany, consisting of the brothers Martin and Christian . They are known as graffiti artists, breakdancers, rappers, hip hop producers and DJs.... ) |
11 | 31 | 17 | - | - |
| 2001 | Return Of Hip Hop (feat. KRS-One KRS-One Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper... , Torch Torch A torch is a fire source, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end. Torches were often supported in sconces by brackets high up on walls, to throw light over corridors in stone structures such as castles or crypts... and MC Rene) |
5 | 64 | 22 | - | - |
| 2001 | Kimnotyze (feat. Lil’ Kim and Trooper Da Don) | 6 | 31 | 43 | 38 | - |
| 2003 | Beat Of Life (feat. Ice-T ICE-T * Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains... , Sandra Nasic, Trigga Tha Gambla and Smoothe Tha Hustla) |
12 | 52 | 100 | - | - |
| 2003 | Ganxtaville Part 3 (feat. Kurupt Kurupt Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records... , G-Style and Tatwaffe) |
5 | 30 | 22 | - | - |
| 2003 | Dankbar (feat. Trooper Da Don, G-Style, Tatwaffe and Said) | 31 | 56 | 72 | - | - |
| 2003 | Jump, Jump (feat. Fler Fler Patrick Losensky better known as Fler, is a German rapper. He also uses the pseudonym Frank White after the character in King of New York.... and G-Hot) |
3 | 17 | 25 | - | 14 |
| 2004 | Party (feat. Lil O) | 45 | - | - | - | - |