Reyhan Sahin
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Reyhan Şahin also known as Lady "Bitch" Ray, is a German-speaking rapper, radio host and actor of Turkish ethnicity
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. She studied linguistics
and German Studies
at the University of Bremen
, where she earned a Master's degree with distinction. Her diploma thesis, which investigated "Youth Language in Hip Hop Culture" has been published in an anthology with the German publisher Brockmeyer-Universitätsverlag. She is currently working on her Ph.D. thesis on the "Semiotics of Clothes".
and Radio Bremen
. She joined the station as a part-timer and freelancer in 2002, but was sacked in May 2006, because the lyrics of her hip hop songs published via MySpace
were considered to transport "pornographic content", which was not in line with the station's content policy. Şahin was casted in the 2008 film, Chiko
.
, the entries in her internet guest book vary from "You are the shame of every Turkish woman" to "You are totally powerful, sexy, I'm frightened of you. Respect!!"
At this time released EP
s
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
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Education
Şahin was born into a so-called guest worker family originally from Sivas, Turkey, in Bremen's neighborhood of Gröpelingen (a typical working class quarter), where she graduated from GymnasiumGymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
. She studied linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and German Studies
German studies
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...
at the University of Bremen
University of Bremen
The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...
, where she earned a Master's degree with distinction. Her diploma thesis, which investigated "Youth Language in Hip Hop Culture" has been published in an anthology with the German publisher Brockmeyer-Universitätsverlag. She is currently working on her Ph.D. thesis on the "Semiotics of Clothes".
Media career
Şahin gained her first experience with public broadcasting with Funkhaus Europa, a station co-produced by two well-renowned public broadcasting companies, Westdeutscher RundfunkWestdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
and Radio Bremen
Radio Bremen
Radio Bremen , Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state of Bremen...
. She joined the station as a part-timer and freelancer in 2002, but was sacked in May 2006, because the lyrics of her hip hop songs published via MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
were considered to transport "pornographic content", which was not in line with the station's content policy. Şahin was casted in the 2008 film, Chiko
Chiko
-Cast:*Denis Moschitto as Chiko*Moritz Bleibtreu as Brownie*Volkan Özcan as Tibet*Fahri Ögün Yardim as Curly*Reyhan Sahin as Meryem*Lilay Huser as Tibets Mutter*Philipp Baltus as Scholle*Henny Reents as Reji*Hans Löw as Sascha*Simon Goerts as Jimmi...
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Reception
Şahin's opus has received controversial reviews. According to Süddeutsche ZeitungSüddeutsche Zeitung
The Süddeutsche Zeitung , published in Munich, is the largest German national subscription daily newspaper.-Profile:The title literally translates as "South German Newspaper". It is read throughout Germany by 1.1 million readers daily and boasts a relatively high circulation abroad...
, the entries in her internet guest book vary from "You are the shame of every Turkish woman" to "You are totally powerful, sexy, I'm frightened of you. Respect!!"
Discography
- "Ich hasse dich" ("I hate you") (release date unknown)
- "Du bist krank" ("You're sick") (unknown)
- "Suck It" (unknown)
At this time released EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s
- "Fick mich EP" ("Fuck me EP") (2006)
- "Vorhang auf!" ("Curtains open!") (30 March 2007)
- "Mein Weg" ("My way") (6 December 2007)
Literature
- Şahin, Reyhan (2006): „Jugendsprache im Hip Hop“, in Possession, Quantitative Typologie und Semiotik: Georgisch, Irisch, Türkisch, edited by Thomas Stolz, Bochum: Brockmeyer. ISBN 3-8196-0674-2
External links
Lady „Bitch“ Ray at MySpaceMySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....