Serious Klein

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Serious Klein
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Background information
Birth nameKelvin Boakye
Also known asSeri The King
Born (1991-06-06) June 6, 1991 (age 33)
Hannover, Germany
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2009–present
LabelsMajestic Casual Records

Kelvin Boakye (born 6 June 1991), known by the stage name Serious Klein, is a German rapper who has emerged from the underground hip-hop scene in Germany. [1]

Contents

Early life

Serious Klein was born in Hannover, Germany to Ghanaian parents. [2] His mother (a single mother) works in kindergarten and his father is a businessman. His parents separated when he was two years old and they moved to Duisburg, Germany at the age of four. He later moved to Oer-Erkenschwick. Serious started writing music at the early age of 12. He recorded his first song when he was 14 years old through a school project with the former music label VJ-Style. [3]

Career

Serious Klein began performing under the name “key bee” which is short for his birth name Kelvin Boakye and changed his name to the present one in 2012. His mentor Ross Osei and his former in house producer Johannes "Shove Island" Altendorf took him under their wings and made him part of their own label DSTY records in 2009. He later formed the collective/label the family tree / 555 together with his manager Teddy Sarpong, His Tour Dj Dominik “Dayson” Antwi (in 2015) & his producer & long time collaborator Rascal. [4]

Serious recorded his first EP "The Serious Outlook" in 2012 which helped him get recognized locally in Germany. After his first EP he did the following EPs "The Introduction“ in 2015 and “Summer 03's Problem" in 2016. [5]

Serious released his debut album You Should've Known in 2018, out via Majestic Casual. [6]

In November 2024 it was announced that he is signed to Mass Appeal, an independent record label founded by music-icon NAS. [7]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

YearTitleRef
2017Try Me [11]
2018Boy Boy [12]
201891 Flex [13]
2018Coochie Money [14]
2018Should’ve Known [15]
2018Voodoo Money [16]
2018Junior feat Ahmaad Mateen
2018These Days
2019On a Goat [17]
2019No Drill (Frizzo feat. Serious Klein)
2019Lil Capo
2019Die For You (Amilli feat. Serious Klein) [18]
2020Everyday Thursday (Drunken Masters & Serious Klein) [19]
2021Straight Outta Pandemic (feat. Anaiis)
2021The Shaw
2023White Knight (feat. Josh Kye)
2023Up
2023Peek a Boo - A Colors Show
2024stronger
2024Pencils
2024Ohene [20]

Notable performances & concerts

Serious Klein has also performed at the Esquire Awards which is to celebrate achievement of men and women in the middle east in Dubai 2017. [21]

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