Austrian rapper Michael Zöttl, known as Dame, was born in Salzburg on February 10, 1990. in 2011, he released the song "12 Million" on YouTube, a declaration of love to the game "World of Warcraft" and its community. In 2012, "Pave Low" was again about a computer game. The song about "Call of Duty" received a gold record in Germany and also made it into the charts in Austria. After the albums Herz gegen Fame, Notiz an mich (2012) and Jetzt wird gezockt (2013), he made his final breakthrough in 2014 with Rap ist sein Hobby and the single "So wie du bist". The three subsequent albums Lebendig begraben (2015), Straßenmusikant (2016) and Zukunftsmusik (2017) all reached number 1 in the charts in Austria. The releases were always accompanied by extensive and successful tours in German-speaking countries. His seventh studio album Zeus reached number 2 in Germany in 2019 - his best placement to date. Dame achieved another top 10 release in 2020 with the EP Rock. in 2021, the songs "White Zone" and "Wolken" (feat. Freshmaker, Silla & Pinai) were released on his record label "Damestream Records".
