Sagopa Kajmer

Yunus Özyavuz, better known by his stage name Sagopa Kajmer (born 17 August 1978), is a Turkish rap musician, record producer and DJ. He was born in 1978 in Samsun, and finished his primary and high school there. He then started working as a DJ in one of Samsun's local radios. In order to continue his education, he moved to Istanbul and studied Persian language and literature at Istanbul University. In 1999, he found the rap group Kuvvetmira and started his career with the stage name "Silahsız Kuvvet". Together they released the album Yeraltı Operasyonu. He later changed his stage name to Sagopa Kajmer and released an album with the same name Sagopa Kajmer in 2002. Following the release of this album, he released Bir Pesimistin Gözyaşları in 2004. He later made the music for the movie G.O.R.A.. He released another studio album Romantizma in 2005 and on 11 August 2005 found his own production company Melankolia Müzik. In 2006, he released the compilation album Kafile under the label Melankolia Müzik. On 1 August 2006, he married fellow rapper Kolera (Esen Güler). In 2007, they released their first mutual album İkimizi Anlatan Bir Şey. He released two more solo albums, Kötü İnsanları Tanıma Senesi (2008) and Şarkı Koleksiyoncusu (2009), before releasing another mutual album with Kolera, Bendeki Sen, in 2010. Since then, he has released three studio albums: Saydam Odalar (2011), Kalp Hastası (2013) and Ahmak Islatan (2017).