Pyranja
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Biography
Anja Käckenmeister, known professionally as Pyranja, was born in 1978 in Rostock, Germany, and works as a rapper and singer. Growing up with her brother in Rostock, she attended high school there and began engaging with hipâhop culture at the age of twelve through breakdance; by sixteen she had written her first rap lyrics and performed publicly a year later. Her breakthrough came with the release of the Im Kreis EP in 2001, followed by the single "Reine Nervensache" in 2002. Pyranjaâs debut studio album Wurzeln & Flügel was issued in 2003 on Dackel Enterprise after an earlier contract with Defâ¯Jam Germany was dissolved following a corporate merger. In 2004 she founded her independent label Pyranja Records and released Frauen & Technik, an album that originated as a mixtape. The 2006 single "Nie Wieder" reached number 87 on the German singles chart and earned her eighth place at the Bundesvision Song Contest representing MecklenburgâVorpommern. That same year the album Laut & Leise was released, expanding her musical range. Subsequent releases include the 2011 Retro Tapeâ¯1 and the 2017 Overkill. Throughout her career Pyranja collaborated with artists such as Joeâ¯Rilla, DraâQ, and the Ostblokk collective, and she participated in the antiâNPD event Laut gegen Rechts in 2006. Her work remained influential within German rap, noted for its candid exploration of female perspectives in the genre.
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- MV
- Vom Ossi Zum Star
- Laut & Leise (Intro)
- Männer & Jungs
- Fieser Panzer
- Auf & Ab
- Ich Wollte
- Wenn du Wüsstest
- True Romance
- Nie Wieder
- 1929
- Brennpunkt
- Deutschland '04
- Nur So
- Komm Mit Mir
- Heul Nich'
- Start
- Händs Up
- Wir Müssen
- Heute
- 4 Elemente
- Happy Hour
- Nordcore
- Verteidigung & Angriff (Piranhas)
