Aziza A.

Aziza A. — Biography

Aziza A., born Alev Azize Yıldırım in Berlin in 1971 into a family with roots in Turkey, is counted among the pioneers of Turkish-German hip-hop and one of the first women to rap in Turkish; she is known as a rapper, DJ, actress and broadcaster.

In the spring of 1996 she hosted the youth programme Dr. Mag on ZDF, and later produced and presented her own radio show, Haydi Pop, for Radio Multikulti. Her debut album, Es ist Zeit (1997), climbed to number two on the European World Music Chart, a success that helped earn her a place on Zitty magazine's list of the year's most important people. She has contributed to film soundtracks for directors such as Kutluğ Ataman and Buket Alakuş, and has also appeared on screen in Lola and Billy the Kid (1999) and Offside (2005).