Kool Savas

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Kool Savas
Kool Savas in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Savaş Yurderi
Also known as	King Kool Savas, S.A.V., Essah
Born	(1975-02-10) 10 February 1975 (age 49) Aachen, West Germany
Origin	Turkish
Genres	German hip hop, battle rap
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Essah (since 2009) Sony (since 2002) Optik (2002–2009) Subword (2002–2007) Put Da Needle to Da (1999–2001)
Spouse	Maria Yurderi
Website	koolsavas.de

Savaş Yurderi (born 10 February 1975), known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper of Turkish Origin.^[1] 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.