Tripti Joshi (Editor)

EES (rapper)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Birth name
  
Eric Sell

Website
  
official website

Origin
  
Windhoek, Namibia

Role
  
Musical Artist


Name
  
Eric Sell

Occupation(s)
  
kwaito singer

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Kwaito

Years active
  
2000–present

EES (rapper) wwwmyspassdemyspassmediaimagesvideos861638

Born
  
October 5, 1983 (age 40) Windhoek, Namibia (
1983-10-05
)

Labels
  
NAM FLAVA MUSIC / EES Records

Albums
  
If Not, Why Not!, Sharp, Sharp!, Awee'!, The Remixes (Raw & Unmastered)

Similar People
  
Gazza, Sunny Boy, Ras Sheehama

Profiles

Facebook

Associated acts
  
Sunny Boy, TeQuila

Taking kwaito international ees at tedxmuenster tedxmunster


EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell") is the stage name of Eric Sell a Namibian German Kwaito artist and rapper.

Contents

Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He currently lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany. His texts are written in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. He also makes frequent use of Namlish and Namibian German (Südwesterdeutsch), the German dialect spoken in Namibia, and he popularised the term Nam-Slang for it.

Won

  • 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist
  • 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award
  • 2009 Namibian Music Awards: Artist of the Year
  • 2011 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best international achievement
  • 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Music Video & Best Collaboration
  • 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards: Best Kwaito Video ("Ayoba" with Mandoza)

    • Nominations

  • 2006 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Music Video,
  • 2007 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Music Video,
  • 2008 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Afro Pop, Artist of the Year
  • 2009 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Collabo
  • 2010 African Music Awards: Best Southern African Artist
  • 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Producer, Best Male Artist of the Year

    • Discography

  • 2002 – Straight from NAM
  • 2003 – Bio-Lyrical Warfare (only South Africa)
  • 2003 – Yes-Ja (Das Album)
  • 2004 – Odyssey Cru
  • 2004 – 061 for LIFE!
  • 2005 – Wo is die Coolbox?
  • 2006 – NAM FlaVa!
  • 2007 – Sharp, Sharp!
  • 2008 – Awee!
  • 2011 – Megaphone Ghazzie
  • 2012 – The Remixes (Raw & Unmastered)
  • 2012 – Da Gehn Wir (feat. T-zon)
  • 2013 – IF Not, Why Not!

    • Films and books

  • The Kwaito-Documentary
  • Esisallesoreidt (approximately: EverythingIsAllRight), a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German

    • References

    EES (rapper) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA