In the history of music, Sagopa Kajmer is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Sagopa Kajmer as Turkish rapper (born 1978).
Sagopa Kajmer was born at Samsun in 1978. His recorded nationality is Turkey. He trained at Istanbul University and Istanbul University Faculty of Letters.
Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.
He worked as rapper, singer and record producer.
The instruments recorded are piano, voice and gramophone.
His work is classed as hip-hop.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
That the work came out of Turkey shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Sagopa Kajmer is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Instruments: piano, voice and gramophone
- Genres: hip-hop
