Kool Savas

Savaş Yurderi (born 10 February 1975), known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper of Turkish Origin. Along with Taktlo$, he formed the highly influential German rap duo Westberlin Maskulin (1997–2000). He was also a founding member of the German rap crew Masters of Rap in 1996. Savas is considered one of the most successful German rappers.

In 2012, he collaborated in "Xavas", a duo formation with Xavier Naidoo, a German soul and R&B singer-songwriter and actor in the album Gespaltene Persönlichkeit. The two had already worked together on a number of other releases.

Early life
Yurderi was born on 10 February 1975 in Aachen, Germany, the son of a German mother and a Turkish father from Çorum. Savaş returned to Turkey with his family when he was only 1 year old. But his father was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Turkey due to political problems.

He later returned to Germany with his mother. His father, who was imprisoned in Turkey for 5 years, also returned with them. They were then settled in Berlin. He currently lives in Berlin with his wife Maria Yurderi and their 1 child.

Essah Entertainment (2010–present)
His 2011 album Aura included a single with the same name and a song featuring Xavier Naidoo, titled LMS 2012. In May 2012, Savas announced a collaborative album with Xavier Naidoo titled Gespaltene Persönlichkeit under the alias "Xavas" scheduled for release in Germany on 21 September 2012. The track list was announced in August 2012, containing a total of 15 tracks

His fourth studio album, Märtyrer, was released on 14 November 2014.

Discography
Studio albums
 * 2002: Der beste Tag meines Lebens
 * 2007: Tot oder lebendig
 * 2011: Aura
 * 2014: Märtyrer
 * 2019: KKS
 * 2021: Aghori

Mixtapes
 * 2004: Kool Savas goes Hollywood
 * 2005: Die John Bello Story
 * 2006: Wer hatz erfunden? (with Optik Schweiz)
 * 2008: Die John Bello Story II
 * 2009: Die John Bello Story II – Brainwash Edition (remix version)
 * 2010: Die John Bello Story III
 * 2016: Essahdamus

Remix albums
 * 2004: Die besten Tage sind gezählt

Compilations
 * 2008: The Best of Kool Savas

Collaboration albums
 * 1997: Hoes, Flows, Moneytoes (with Westberlin Maskulin)
 * 2000: Battlekings (with Westberlin Maskulin)
 * 2001: NLP (with M.O.R.)
 * 2003: Nur noch 24 Stunden (with Freunde der Sonne)
 * 2005: One (with Azad)
 * 2006: Optik Takeover! (with Optik Army)
 * 2012: Gespaltene Persönlichkeit (with Xavier Naidoo as Xavas)
 * 2017: Royal Bunker (with Sido)