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The son of an African-American mother and a Sudanese father, Oddisee was born under the name Amir Mohamed Khalifa in Washington D.C. in 1985. In Maryland, where he grew up until high school, he was confronted early on with the blatant social structures of inequality in the USA, which led to many of his lyrics dealing with political and socio-critical themes. It is therefore hardly surprising that Oddisee identifies with early East Coast rap a là De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim and A Tribe called Quest, which is less concerned with masculine exaggeration and more with political awareness. Oddisee's sound is characterized by diversity. An early influence on him was his temporary housemate in Merryland Garry Shider, one of the leading figures in Parliament Funkadelic. In addition to funk, jazz, soul, go-go and gospel music are also formative for his hip hop style.In recent years, Oddisee has admirably understood how to take a lot of space and time for his artistic development, to remain in interested contact with his audience, to develop a profound lyricism and to produce exciting tracks without surrendering to the madness of market logic. Dear Oddisee, we look forward to seeing you....Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
