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Azad

Azad Azadpour is a rapper based in Frankfurt who left Iran as a Kurdish refugee at the age of ten. Taking an early interest in the German hip-hop scene, Azad dabbled in graffiti, breakdancing and beatboxing before taking up rapping as part of the Cold-n-Locco crew with D-Flame, A-Bomb and Combad. Renaming themselves Asiatic Warriors in 1990, the group delivered lyrics in multiple languages (including German, English and Kurdish) and signed to the Ruff'n'Raw label to release their EP 'Told Ya!' in 1994. Internal differences led to their breakup shortly afterwards, with Azad and D-...