Episode 10: K.I.Z. Flips Deutschrap with Marcus Staiger

In the wake of major releases from the label Aggro Berlin, the city saw an excess of hard-nosed gangster rap. K.I.Z. counteracted that self-seriousness with humor and irony, filling their loquacious verses with hilarious punchlines and violence so grotesque it descended into black comedy. On this episode, Vivian Host sits down with Marcus Staiger, the journalist and founder of influential German rap label Royal Bunker, to discuss K.I.Z.’s hit “Walpurgisnacht" and the era of Deutschrap it intertwined wit