Reyhan Şahin
| Lady "Bitch" Ray | |
|---|---|
 Şahin in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Reyhan Şahin |
| Born | July 3, 1980 |
| Origin | Bremen, Germany |
| Genres | Hip-hop, Dirty rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Labels | Vagina Style Records |
Reyhan Şahin (born July 3, 1980 or 1981 in Bremen, Germany), also known as Lady "Bitch" Ray, is a German-speaking rapper, linguist and former radio host of Turkish ethnicity.
Education
Şahin was born into a so-called Turkish guest worker family originally from Sivas, Turkey,[1] in Bremen's neighborhood of Gröpelingen (a typical working class quarter), where she graduated from Gymnasium. She studied linguistics and German studies at the University of Bremen, where she earned a master's degree with distinction.[2] Her master's thesis, which investigated "Youth Language in Hip Hop Culture", has been published in an anthology with the German publisher Brockmeyer-Universitätsverlag. In 2012, she earned a Ph.D. with a thesis on "The Meaning of the Muslim Head Scarf".[3] She now holds a post-doctorate fellowship with the University of Hamburg and is a member of the Hamburg Research Center for Media and Communication.[4]
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 Rundfunk 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.[5] Şahin was cast in the 2008 film, Chiko.
Reception
Şahin's opus has received controversial reviews. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, 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!!"[2][6]
Discography
- "Ich hasse dich" ("I hate you") (release date unknown)
- "Du bist krank" ("You're sick") (unknown)
- "Suck It" (unknown)
At this time released EPs
- "Fick mich EP" ("Fuck me EP") (2006)
- "Vorhang auf!" ("Curtains open!") (30 March 2007)
- "Mein Weg" ("My way") (6 December 2007)
References
- ↑ N.N.: „Kendine 'Bayan fahişe' diyor“, Hürriyet, April 30, 2008. (Turkish)
- 1 2 Doğan, Kemal: „Hip hop'ta Reyhan rüzgarı“, Hürriyet, January 12, 2007. (Turkish)
- ↑ Interview with Ines Pohl and Enrico Ippolito: "Ich bin ein moralischer Mensch" taz.de, January 28, 2012; last access: February 21, 2013. (German)
- ↑ Research Center for Media and Communication: Dr. Reyhan Şahin (German)
- ↑ Buettner, Julia: „Die Parallelgesellschaft von nebenan: Wie mit den Mitteln des Fernsehens versucht wird, die starren Migranten-Klischees der Deutschen aufzubrechen“, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 12, 2007, S. 17. (German)
- ↑ Buettner, Julia: „Die Parallelgesellschaft von nebenan: Wie mit den Mitteln des Fernsehens versucht wird, die starren Migranten-Klischees der Deutschen aufzubrechen“, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 12, 2007, p. 17; italics denote English language in the original. (German)
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