EES (rapper)
EES is the stage name of Eric Sell a German Namibian Kwaito artist and rapper.
Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany. His texts are written in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. He also makes frequent use of Namlish and Namibian German, the German dialect spoken in Namibia, and he popularised the term Nam-Slang for it.Awards
Won
- 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist
- 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award
- 2009 Namibian Music Awards: Artist of the Year
- 2011 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best international achievement
- 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Music Video & Best Collaboration
- 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards: Best Kwaito Video
Nominations
- 2006 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Music Video,
- 2007 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Music Video,
- 2008 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Afro Pop, Artist of the Year
- 2009 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Collabo
- 2010 African Music Awards: Best Southern African Artist
- 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Producer, Best Male Artist of the Year
- 2012 HitRadio SummerHit Of The Year
- 2013 Channel O Africa VMAs Best Kwaito Video Award
Discography
- 2002 – Straight from NAM
- 2003 – Bio-Lyrical Warfare
- 2003 – Yes-Ja
- 2004 – Odyssey Cru
- 2004 – 061 for LIFE!
- 2005 – Wo is die Coolbox?
- 2006 – NAM FlaVa!
- 2007 – Sharp, Sharp!
- 2008 – Awee!
- 2011 – Megaphone Ghazzie
- 2012 – The Remixes
- 2012 – Da Gehn Wir
- 2013 – IF Not, Why Not!
- 2014 - Authentic Rebel
Films and books
- The Kwaito-Documentary
- Esisallesoreidt, a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German
