# Samra (rapper)

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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | 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 positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | SWI | Certifications |
| Berlin lebt 2 (with Capital Bra) | 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 positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | AUT | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| "Lila" | 2016 | — | — | — | none | Non-album singles |
| "Die Eins" (featuring Anonym) | 2017 | — | — | — | none | Non-album singles |
| "Criminal" | 2017 | — | — | — | none | Non-album singles |
| "Rohdiamant" | 2018 | 26 | 37 | 37 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Roadrunner" | 2018 | 42 | 53 | 39 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Cataleya" | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | BVMI: Gold | Rohdiamant |
| "Wir ticken" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | BVMI: Gold | CB6 |
| "Ya Salame" (with Luciano) | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 8 | IFPI SWI: Platinum | Millies |
| "Harami" | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | BVMI: Gold | Travolta |
| "Shoote ma Shoote" | 2019 | 14 | 13 | 15 | none | Travolta |
| "Ghetto" (featuring Capital Bra, Brudi030 and Kalazh44) | 2019 | 9 | 17 | 15 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Wieder Lila" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | BVMI: Platinum | Non-album singles |
| "Marlboro Rot" | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 7 | BVMI: Gold | Non-album singles |
| "Royal Rumble" (with Kalazh44 and Capital Bra featuring Nimo and Luciano) | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Tilidin" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum | Berlin lebt 2 |
| "Zombie" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 6 | BVMI: Gold | Berlin lebt 2 |
| "Nummer 1" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | none | Berlin lebt 2 |
| "High" (with Sido and Kool Savas) | 2019 | 16 | 22 | 18 | none | Ich und keine Maske |
| "Huracan" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 3 | BVMI: Gold | Berlin lebt 2 |
| "110" (with Capital Bra and LEA) | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 2 | BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Gold | Berlin lebt 2 |
| "Berlin lebt wie nie zuvor" (with Capital Bra) | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 5 | none | Berlin lebt 2 |
| "Colt" | 2019 | 2 | 3 | 2 | BVMI: Gold | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "95 BPM" | 2019 | 16 | 46 | 23 | none | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "Zu Ende" (with Elif) | 2020 | 4 | 3 | 8 | BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "Mon ami" | 2020 | 3 | 3 | 4 | IFPI AUT: Gold | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "Weiss" | 2020 | 3 | 4 | 4 | BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "Schüsse im Regen" | 2020 | 3 | 5 | 6 | none | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "100k Cash" (with Capital Bra) | 2020 | 3 | 2 | 3 | none | CB7 |
| "6 Uhr" | 2020 | 6 | 7 | 11 | none | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "Berlin" (with Capital Bra) | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 3 | none | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "BaeBae" | 2020 | 2 | 5 | 5 | BVMI: Gold | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "365 Tage" (with Capital Bra) | 2020 | 4 | 4 | 7 | none | Jibrail & Iblis |
| "45" (with Jalil) | 2020 | 37 | 66 | 68 | none | Reset |
| "Miskin" | 2020 | 10 | 14 | 23 | none | Non-album singles |
| "24 Stunden" | 2020 | 4 | 13 | 16 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Lebst du noch" | 2020 | 9 | 27 | 33 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Rohdiamant II" | 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Kennst du das ?!" | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 9 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Lost" (with Topic42) | 2020 | 3 | 7 | 8 | BVMI: Gold | Rohdiamant |
| "Goldjunge" | 2021 | 27 | — | 48 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Lila" (with Kida) | 2021 | — | 31 | 12 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Ich bin weg (Boro Boro)" (with Topic42 featuring Arash) | 2021 | 9 | 16 | 12 | none | Non-album singles |
| "SMS" | 2021 | 6 | 15 | 18 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Augen überall" (feat. Ano) | 2021 | 15 | 35 | 39 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Diebe" | 2021 | 13 | 24 | 38 | none | Rohdiamant |
| "Paradies" (feat. Bojan) | 2021 | 12 | 30 | 20 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Canada Goose" | 2021 | 21 | 40 | 37 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Schockstarre" | 2021 | 18 | 59 | 23 | none | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | AUT | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| "Hades" (Bushido featuring Samra) | 2018 | 8 | 9 | 8 | none | Mythos |
| "Für euch alle" (Bushido featuring Samra and Capital Bra) | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | BVMI: Gold | Mythos |
| "Fightclub" (Capital Bra featuring Samra and AK Ausserkontrolle) | 2018 | 3 | 5 | 9 | none | Allein |
| "Click Click" (Capital Bra featuring Samra) | 2019 | 22 | — | — | none | CB6 |
| "Paris" (Anonym featuring Samra) | 2020 | 42 | — | 100 | none | Non-album singles |
| "Shakira" (Kalazh44 featuring Samra) | 2020 | 10 | 13 | 18 | | Non-album singles |
| "Unbekannt" (Bozza featuring Samra) | 2020 | 8 | 17 | 18 | | Non-album singles |
| "Tiefschwarz" (Kontra K featuring Samra) | 2020 | 2 | 4 | 5 | | Non-album singles |
| "Al Qu Damm" (Bozza featuring Samra) | 2020 | 24 | 48 | 55 | | Non-album singles |
| "Augen zu" (Elif featuring Samra) | 2020 | 9 | 28 | 40 | none | Nacht |
| "Gestern nix heute Star" (Play69 featuring Samra) | 2020 | 23 | — | 55 | none | Non-album single |

### Other charted songs

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

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result |
| 2018 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Newcomer National | Himself | Won |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Song National | Wieder Lila (with Capital Bra) | Nominated |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Video National | Royal Rumble (with Luciano, Kalazh44, Capital Bra, Nimo) | Nominated |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Group National | Himself (with Capital Bra) | Won |
| 2019 | 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Single | 110 (Capital Bra & Samra feat. LEA) | Nominated |
| 2019 | 1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Hip-Hop Act | Himself (with Capital Bra) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Hype Awards | Newcomer | Himself | Won |
| 2020 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Group International | Himself (with Capital Bra) | Nominated |
| 2020 | Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2020 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Song National | Tiefschwarz (with Kontra K) | Nominated |
| 2020 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Rap-Solo-Act National | Himself | Nominated |
| 2021 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Solo Act International | Himself | Nominated |
| 2021 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Breaking Act International | Himself | Nominated |

## Tours
### Cancelled

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