Known for both his solo career as Kool Savas and his collaboration with Xavier Naidoo to form the group Xavas. He began his collaboration in Xavas in 2012.
His first ever musical release was the EP H***, Flows, and Moneytows in 1997. He released his first studio album, Der beste Tag meines Lebens, in 2002.
In 2011, he released his 5th studio album Aura. It peaked at #1 on the German music charts. In 2014, his 6th studio album Märtyrer peaked at the same position.
He was born in Aachen, Germany, and raised in Turkey.
He and Xavier Naidoo released the album Gespaltene Persönlichkeit in 2012 as Xavas.
