Ercandize

Ercan Koçer, known professionally as Ercandize, was born on April 12, 1978, in Wesel, Germany. He is a rapper of Turkish descent. Ercandize's journey into hip-hop began with Ice Cube’s AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted. In the mid-1990s, he started MCing and formed the ABS-Crew. The crew released their first maxi single "08-15 / Focus" in 1999, which was named 12 Inch of the Month by Juice magazine. This led to a record deal with Uprock Records/BMG. Ercandize's debut album Kinderspiel – Leichter getan als gesagt (2001) reached number 46 on the German charts in 2001. After leaving Uprock Records, he collaborated with Kool Savas and joined Optik Records. His single "Komm mit mir" (2006) with Kool Savas won the best German-language single award at the Hiphop.de Awards 2006. In 2007, Ercandize released his album Verbrannte Erde.