One of the lynchpins of the German hip-hop scene since the early 2000s, Fler
made his reputation as part of the influential Aggro Berlin label, and remained
a controversial, sharp-tongued voice of the streets, even as he later rose to
become a chart-topping, headlining star of Deutschrap.
Raised on the outskirts of Berlin, Patrick Losenský, professionally known as
Fler, grew up in a tough neighbourhood without a father and first found a
creative outlet through graffiti before turning to rap at the age of 20 under
the name Frank White. A burgeoning hip-hop scene had already gro...