Samy Deluxe

Samuel Sorge (born 1977), commonly known as Samy Deluxe, and occasionally as Sam Semilia, is an Afro-German hip hop artist and producer from Hamburg. He is one of Germany’s most commercially successful solo rap musician

Samuel Sorge (born 1977), commonly known as Samy Deluxe, and occasionally as Sam Semilia, is an Afro-German hip hop artist and producer from Hamburg. He is one of Germany’s most commercially successful solo rap musicians while also releasing albums as a member of two separate crews, Dynamite Deluxe (with DJ Dynamite aka Joni Rewind) and ASD (with Afrob). He recently started his own record label, Deluxe Records. The beats of his most recent record "Verdammtnochma" (Goddamnit!) were mainly made by US producers, which gives the record a very American sound.

Samy Deluxe grew up with his mothers family as his Sudanese father left Germany when Samy was just two years old. Shortly after this event his half-sister was born. After living in Barmbek for many years they then moved to Eppendorf, a generally better-off suburb of Hamburg. Given this contrast - he certainly did not come from a well-off background - and his constant problems at school with teachers who he often defied, he looked for a release and a way to express himself away from school. He soon discovered music.