Hussein Akkouche (born 15 January 1995), known professionally as Samra, is a Lebanese-German rapper based in Berlin. In November 2018, he had his first solo number-one in Germany with "Cataleya". In January 2019, Samra was named the winner of the Hiphop.de Award in the Best National Newcomer category.

Career Samra (then known as Samra45) first attracted attention on the German rap scene in the autumn of 2016 as a guest performer on Alpa Gun's album Zurück zur Straße – particularly on "Chaos", where he criticized 187 Strassenbande. Later that year, he was featured on Mert's "U21". Samra was reportedly approached in 2017 by Farid Bang, who was interested in signing the rapper to his Banger Musik label, but Samra refused. That year, Bushido signed Samra to his EGJ label.

In April 2018, Samra released his first track in a year. The single, "Rohdiamant", had 6.6 million streams in its first week and debuted at number 26 in Germany. It was the first time Samra entered the German charts. In July, he reached number one as a featured artist on Bushido's "Für euch alle".

Three months later, Samra was arrested in Prague after a police report of four armed men in a hotel; he and his crew were filming a music video. Among weapons seized by the police were pistols, a machete, an RGD-5 hand grenade and an RPG-75 anti-tank rocket launcher; when they were discovered to be deactivated (rendered incapable of firing), they were returned.

In November 2018, at age 23, Samra had his first solo number one in Germany with "Cataleya" (produced by Bushido). In January 2019, he received the Hiphop.de Best National Newcomer award.

That month, Samra reportedly left Bushido's label. In March, he and Capital Bra reached number one in Germany with "Wir ticken". Samra's EP, Travolta, was released as part of Capital Bra's CB6 premium box set on 26 April. The following month, "Wieder Lila" was Samra and Capital Bra's second number-one single in Germany.

Stage name According to laut.de, the rapper's choice of stage name is unusual; Samra (سمرة) is taken from the Lebanese phrase (ابو سمرة) which means "the person with brunette features".

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions GER AUT SWI Jibrail und Iblis Released: 17 April 2020 Label: Urban, Universal Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, box set 1 1 1 Rohdiamant Released: 23 April 2021 Label: Urban, Universal Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, box set 3 1 2

Collaborative albums Title Album details Peak chart positionsCertifications GER AUT SWI Berlin lebt 2 Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Bra Music, Urban Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, box set 1 1 1 BVMI: Gold

Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum GER AUT SWI "Lila" 2016 — — — rowspan="5" rowspan="3" "Die Eins" 2017 — — — "Criminal" — — — "Rohdiamant" 2018 26 37 37Rohdiamant "Roadrunner" 42 53 39 "Cataleya" 1 2 3 BVMI: Gold "Wir ticken" 2019 1 1 1 BVMI: GoldCB6 "Ya Salame" 5 5 8 IFPI SWI: PlatinumMillies "Harami" 1 1 1 BVMI: GoldTravolta "Shoote ma Shoote" 14 13 15 rowspan="2" "Ghetto" 9 17 15 rowspan="4" "Wieder Lila" 1 1 2 BVMI: Platinum "Marlboro Rot" 5 5 7 BVMI: Gold "Royal Rumble" 1 3 4 "Tilidin" 1 1 1 BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: 2× PlatinumBerlin lebt 2 "Zombie" 1 2 6 BVMI: Gold "Nummer 1" 1 1 2 rowspan="2" "High" 16 22 18Ich und keine Maske "Huracan" 3 2 3 BVMI: GoldBerlin lebt 2 "110" 1 2 2 BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Gold "Berlin lebt wie nie zuvor" 5 5 5 "Colt" 2 3 2 BVMI: GoldJibrail & Iblis "95 BPM" 16 46 23 "Zu Ende" 2020 4 3 8 BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold "Mon ami" 3 3 4 IFPI AUT: Gold "Weiss" 3 4 4 BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold "Schüsse im Regen" 3 5 6 rowspan="4" "100k Cash" 3 2 3 CB7 "6 Uhr" 6 7 11Jibrail & Iblis "Berlin" 2 2 3 "BaeBae" 2 5 5 BVMI: Gold "365 Tage" 4 4 7 rowspan="7" "45" 37 66 68 Reset "Miskin" 10 14 23 rowspan="3" "24 Stunden" 4 13 16 "Lebst du noch" 9 27 33 "Rohdiamant II" 1 3 4 Rohdiamant "Kennst du das ?!" 1 8 9 "Lost" 3 7 8 BVMI: Gold "Goldjunge" 2021 27 — 48 rowspan="9" "Lila" — 31 12 rowspan="2" "Ich bin weg (Boro Boro)" 9 16 12 "SMS" 6 15 18Rohdiamant "Augen überall" 15 35 39 "Diebe" 13 24 38 "Paradies" 12 30 20 rowspan="3" "Canada Goose" 21 40 37 "Schockstarre" 18 59 23 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications Album GER AUT SWI "Hades" 2018 8 9 8 Mythos "Für euch alle" 1 1 2 BVMI: Gold "Fightclub" 3 5 9 rowspan="3" Allein "Click Click" 2019 22 — — CB6 "Paris" 2020 42 — 100 rowspan="5" "Shakira" 10 13 18 "Unbekannt" 8 17 18 "Tiefschwarz" 2 4 5 "Al Qu Damm" 24 48 55 "Augen zu" 9 28 40 rowspan="2" Nacht "Gestern nix heute Star" 23 — 55

Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album GER AUT SWI "Mosaik" 2019 43 50 61 Travolta EP "Lambo Gallardo" 90 — — "Purple Rain"(with Capital Bra and Santos) 50 — — Berlin lebt 2 "Lieber Gott"(with Capital Bra) 62 — — "So alleine"(with Capital Bra) 87 — — "Tief in die Nacht" 2020 — 35 37 Jibrail und Iblis "Guerilla"(Farid Bang featuring Samra and Capital Bra) — — 50 Genkidama

Awards and nominations YearAwardNominationWorkResultRef.2018HipHop.de AwardsBest Newcomer NationalHimselfrowspan=1 2019Best Song NationalWieder Lila (with Capital Bra)rowspan=1 Best Video NationalRoyal Rumble (with Luciano, Kalazh44, Capital Bra, Nimo)rowspan=1 Best Group NationalHimself (with Capital Bra)rowspan=1 1LIVE Krone AwardsBest Single110 (Capital Bra & Samra feat. LEA)rowspan=1 Best Hip-Hop ActHimself (with Capital Bra)rowspan=1 Hype AwardsNewcomerHimselfrowspan=1 2020Swiss Music AwardsBest Group InternationalHimself (with Capital Bra)rowspan=1 Bravo Otto AwardsHip-Hop NationalHimselfrowspan=1 HipHop.de AwardsBest Song NationalTiefschwarz (with Kontra K)rowspan=1 Best Rap-Solo-Act NationalHimselfrowspan=1 2021Swiss Music AwardsBest Solo Act Internationalrowspan=1 Best Breaking Act Internationalrowspan=1

Tours

Cancelled

2020: Berlin Lebt 2 Arena Tour (with Capital Bra) 2021: Capital Bra x Samra Tour (with Capital Bra) 2021: Jibrail & Iblis Tour

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