EES (rapper)

EES
Background information
Birth name	Eric Sell
Born	October 5, 1983 Windhoek, Namibia
Origin	Windhoek, Namibia
Genres	hip hop, Kwaito
Occupation(s)	kwaito singer
Years active	2000–present
Labels	NAM FLAVA MUSIC / EES Records
Associated acts	Sunny Boy, TeQuila
Website	official website

EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell"^[1]) is the stage name of Eric Sell^[2] a Namibian German Kwaito artist and rapper.

Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He currently lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany.^[3][4] His texts are written in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. He also makes frequent use of Namlish and Namibian German (Südwesterdeutsch), the German dialect spoken in Namibia, and he popularised the term Nam-Slang for it.^[5]

Awards

Won

• 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist
• 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award ^[6]
• 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 ("Ayoba" with Mandoza)^[7]

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

Discography

• 2002 – Straight from NAM
• 2003 – Bio-Lyrical Warfare (only South Africa)
• 2003 – Yes-Ja (Das Album)
• 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 (Raw & Unmastered)
• 2012 – Da Gehn Wir (feat. T-zon)
• 2013 – IF Not, Why Not!

Films and books

• The Kwaito-Documentary^[8]
• Esisallesoreidt (approximately: EverythingIsAllRight), a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German^[9]

References

1. "Ich gehe nicht mehr auf Zebrajagd", Die Welt, 13 August 2012
2. http://www.dngev.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44:interview-mit-eric-sell-alias-ees-qesisallesoreidtq&catid=11:bezirk-berlin-brandenburg&Itemid=42
3. http://www.az.com.na/ees-ganz-privat-hier-spricht-der-nam-boy.120600.php
4. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Eric+Sell?anv=Eric+%22EES%22+Sell&filter_anv=1
5. Schreiber, Irmgard (27 April 2007). "Ring frei für die Nam-Slang-Kontroverse" [Clear the ring for the Nam-Slang controversy]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).
6. http://www.az.com.na/kultur/abrumer-bei-musikpreis-verleihung.99356.php
7. Channel O Music Video Awards Official website D’Banj dominates winner’s list at 9th Annual Channel O MVAs! 18 November 2012
8. http://www.museke.com/node/6868
9. http://www.az.com.na/kultur/nix-fr-sprachpuristen-esisallesoreidt.73744.php

External links

• http://www.eesy-ees.com/
• http://web.archive.org/web/20120614070718/http://www.museke.com/node/6868
• http://www.az.com.na/kultur/nix-fr-sprachpuristen-esisallesoreidt.73744.php