EES (rapper)

Eric Sell, better known as EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell"), is a German Namibian Kwaito artist and rapper.

Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany. His texts are written in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. He also makes frequent use of Namlish and Namibian German (Südwesterdeutsch), the German dialect spoken in Namibia, and he popularised the term Nam-Slang for it.

Won

 * 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist
 * 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award
 * 2009 Namibian Music Awards: Artist of the Year
 * 2011 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best international achievement
 * 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Music Video & Best Collaboration
 * 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards: Best Kwaito Video ("Ayoba" with Mandoza)

Discography

 * 2002 – Straight from NAM
 * 2003 – Bio-Lyrical Warfare (only South Africa)
 * 2003 – Yes-Ja (Das Album)
 * 2004 – Odyssey Cru
 * 2004 – 061 for LIFE!
 * 2005 – Wo is die Coolbox?
 * 2006 – NAM FlaVa!
 * 2007 – Sharp, Sharp!
 * 2008 – Awee!
 * 2011 – Megaphone Ghazzie
 * 2012 – The Remixes (Raw & Unmastered)
 * 2012 – Da Gehn Wir (feat. T-zon)
 * 2013 – IF Not, Why Not!
 * 2014 – Authentic Rebel (feat. M-Poser Boss)

Films and books

 * The Kwaito-Documentary
 * Esisallesoreidt (approximately: EverythingIsAllRight), a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German