Before Melanie Wilhelm began making music, she staked her name to her city with graffiti crews KingSizeBandits and Sleepwalkers. After she met rapper Kool Savas through the latter, they set the tone for ’00s Deutschrap. From uniting New York hip-hop legends with Berlin’s best MCs to crafting tracks with Kanye West, Melbeatz brings a creative mind to the German hip-hop scene.