Hussein Akkouche[2] (born 15 January 1995), known professionally as Samra, is a Lebanese-German rapper based in Berlin.[3][4] In November 2018, he had his first solo number-one in Germany with "Cataleya". In January 2019, Samra was named the winner of the Hiphop.de Award in the Best National Newcomer category.
Samra | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Hussein Akkouche |
| Also known as | Samra45 |
| Born | 15 January 1995 Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Rapper |
| Years active | 2016–present |
Career
editSamra (then known as Samra45) first attracted attention on the German rap scene in the autumn of 2016 as a guest performer on Alpa Gun's album Zurück zur Straße – particularly on "Chaos", where he criticized 187 Strassenbande.[1][5][2] Later that year, he was featured on Mert's "U21".[6][7] Samra was reportedly approached in 2017 by Farid Bang, who was interested in signing the rapper to his Banger Musik label, but Samra refused.[8][9][10] That year, Bushido signed Samra to his EGJ label.[5]
In April 2018, Samra released his first track in a year. The single, "Rohdiamant", had 6.6 million streams in its first week and debuted at number 26 in Germany.[11][12] It was the first time Samra entered the German charts.[12] In July, he reached number one as a featured artist on Bushido's "Für euch alle".[13]
Three months later, Samra was arrested in Prague after a police report of four armed men in a hotel; he and his crew were filming a music video. Among weapons seized by the police were pistols, a machete, an RGD-5 hand grenade and an RPG-75 anti-tank rocket launcher; when they were discovered to be deactivated (rendered incapable of firing), they were returned.[14]
In November 2018, at age 23, Samra had his first solo number one in Germany with "Cataleya"[15][16][17][18] (produced by Bushido).[2] In January 2019, he received the Hiphop.de Best National Newcomer award.[19]
That month, Samra reportedly left Bushido's label.[20] In March, he and Capital Bra reached number one in Germany with "Wir ticken".[21][22] Samra's EP, Travolta, was released as part of Capital Bra's CB6 premium box set on 26 April.[22][23] The following month, "Wieder Lila" was Samra and Capital Bra's second number-one single in Germany.[24]
Stage name
editAccording to laut.de, the rapper's choice of stage name is unusual;[1] Samra (سمرة) is taken from the Lebanese phrase (ابو سمرة) which means "the person with brunette features".[1][25][26]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [27] |
AUT [28] |
SWI [29] | ||
| Jibrail und Iblis |
|
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rohdiamant |
|
3 | 1 | 2 |
Collaborative albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [27] |
AUT [28] |
SWI [29] | |||
| Berlin lebt 2 (with Capital Bra) |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | |
Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [27] |
AUT [28] |
SWI [29] | ||||||||
| "Lila" | 2016 | — | — | — | none | Non-album singles | ||||
| "Die Eins" (featuring Anonym) |
2017 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Criminal" | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Rohdiamant" | 2018 | 26 | 37 | 37 | Rohdiamant | |||||
| "Roadrunner" | 42 | 53 | 39 | |||||||
| "Cataleya" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| "Wir ticken" (with Capital Bra) |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
CB6 | ||||
| "Ya Salame" (with Luciano) |
5 | 5 | 8 | Millies | ||||||
| "Harami" | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
Travolta | |||||
| "Shoote ma Shoote" | 14 | 13 | 15 | none | ||||||
| "Ghetto" (featuring Capital Bra, Brudi030 and Kalazh44) |
9 | 17 | 15 | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Wieder Lila" (with Capital Bra) |
1 | 1 | 2 |
| ||||||
| "Marlboro Rot" | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| ||||||
| "Royal Rumble" (with Kalazh44 and Capital Bra featuring Nimo and Luciano) |
1 | 3 | 4 | none | ||||||
| "Tilidin" (with Capital Bra) |
1 | 1 | 1 | Berlin lebt 2 | ||||||
| "Zombie" (with Capital Bra) |
1 | 2 | 6 |
| ||||||
| "Nummer 1" (with Capital Bra) |
1 | 1 | 2 | none | ||||||
| "High" (with Sido and Kool Savas) |
16 | 22 | 18 | Ich und keine Maske | ||||||
| "Huracan" (with Capital Bra) |
3 | 2 | 3 |
|
Berlin lebt 2 | |||||
| "110" (with Capital Bra and LEA) |
1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| "Berlin lebt wie nie zuvor" (with Capital Bra) |
5 | 5 | 5 | none | ||||||
| "Colt" | 2 | 3 | 2 |
|
Jibrail & Iblis | |||||
| "95 BPM" | 16 | 46 | 23 | none | ||||||
| "Zu Ende" (with Elif) |
2020 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| "Mon ami" | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| ||||||
| "Weiss" | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| "Schüsse im Regen" | 3 | 5 | 6 | none | ||||||
| "100k Cash" (with Capital Bra) |
3 | 2 | 3 | CB7 | ||||||
| "6 Uhr" | 6 | 7 | 11 | Jibrail & Iblis | ||||||
| "Berlin" (with Capital Bra) |
2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| "BaeBae" | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| ||||||
| "365 Tage" (with Capital Bra) |
4 | 4 | 7 | none | ||||||
| "45" (with Jalil) |
37 | 66 | 68 | Reset | ||||||
| "Miskin" | 10 | 14 | 23 | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "24 Stunden" | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||||||
| "Lebst du noch" | 9 | 27 | 33 | |||||||
| "Rohdiamant II" | 1 | 3 | 4 | Rohdiamant | ||||||
| "Kennst du das ?!" | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| "Lost" (with Topic42) |
3 | 7 | 8 |
| ||||||
| "Goldjunge" | 2021 | 27 | — | 48 | none | |||||
| "Lila" (with Kida) |
— | 31 | 12 | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Ich bin weg (Boro Boro)" (with Topic42 featuring Arash) |
9 | 16 | 12 | |||||||
| "SMS" | 6 | 15 | 18 | Rohdiamant | ||||||
| "Augen überall" (feat. Ano) |
15 | 35 | 39 | |||||||
| "Diebe" | 13 | 24 | 38 | |||||||
| "Paradies" (feat. Bojan) |
12 | 30 | 20 | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Canada Goose" | 21 | 40 | 37 | |||||||
| "Schockstarre" | 18 | 59 | 23 | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [27] |
AUT [28] |
SWI [29] | ||||
| "Hades" (Bushido featuring Samra) |
2018 | 8 | 9 | 8 | none | Mythos |
| "Für euch alle" (Bushido featuring Samra and Capital Bra) |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| "Fightclub" (Capital Bra featuring Samra and AK Ausserkontrolle) |
3 | 5 | 9 | none | Allein | |
| "Click Click" (Capital Bra featuring Samra) |
2019 | 22 | — | — | CB6 | |
| "Paris" (Anonym featuring Samra) |
2020 | 42 | — | 100 | Non-album singles | |
| "Shakira" (Kalazh44 featuring Samra) |
10 | 13 | 18 | |||
| "Unbekannt" (Bozza featuring Samra) |
8 | 17 | 18 | |||
| "Tiefschwarz" (Kontra K featuring Samra) |
2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| "Al Qu Damm" (Bozza featuring Samra) |
24 | 48 | 55 | |||
| "Augen zu" (Elif featuring Samra) |
9 | 28 | 40 | none | Nacht | |
| "Gestern nix heute Star" (Play69 featuring Samra) |
23 | — | 55 | Non-album single | ||
Other charted songs
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [27] |
AUT [28] |
SWI [29] | |||
| "Mosaik" | 2019 | 43 | 50 | 61 | Travolta EP |
| "Lambo Gallardo" | 90 | — | — | ||
| "Purple Rain" (with Capital Bra and Santos) |
50 | — | — | Berlin lebt 2 | |
| "Lieber Gott" (with Capital Bra) |
62 | — | — | ||
| "So alleine" (with Capital Bra) |
87 | — | — | ||
| "Tief in die Nacht" | 2020 | — | 35 | 37 | Jibrail und Iblis |
| "Guerilla" (Farid Bang featuring Samra and Capital Bra) |
— | — | 50 | Genkidama | |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Newcomer National | Himself | Won | [33] |
| 2019 | Best Song National | Wieder Lila (with Capital Bra) | Nominated | [34] | |
| Best Video National | Royal Rumble (with Luciano, Kalazh44, Capital Bra, Nimo) | Nominated | |||
| Best Group National | Himself (with Capital Bra) | Won | |||
| 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Single | 110 (Capital Bra & Samra feat. LEA) | Nominated | [35] | |
| Best Hip-Hop Act | Himself (with Capital Bra) | Nominated | |||
| Hype Awards | Newcomer | Himself | Won | [36] | |
| 2020 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Group International | Himself (with Capital Bra) | Nominated | [37] |
| Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Himself | Nominated | [38] | |
| HipHop.de Awards | Best Song National | Tiefschwarz (with Kontra K) | Nominated | [39] | |
| Best Rap-Solo-Act National | Himself | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Solo Act International | Nominated | [40] | |
| Best Breaking Act International | Nominated |
Tours
editCancelled
edit- 2020: Berlin Lebt 2 Arena Tour (with Capital Bra)
- 2021: Capital Bra x Samra Tour (with Capital Bra)
- 2021: Jibrail & Iblis Tour
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