Carlprit
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Rudi Frank Harold Schwamborn (; born in Avenues, Harare, Zimbabwe), professionally known as Carlprit, is a German-Zimbabwean rapper, songwriter, DJ and music manager. He has performed and written for acts such as Cascada, Alexandra Stan and Laurent Wolf. Schwamborn is best known for his song "Fiesta" as well as his appearance in Cascada's 2009 hit single "Evacuate the Dancefloor". The title sold over three million copies worldwide and reached the top 20 on Billboard charts, making Carlprit the first person of Zimbabwean origin to have a song on the top U.S. Billboard charts.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1986-05-20
Discography
- Delirious2010
- Dance With Me2011
- 12342011
- Boom2011
- Independence Day2011
- Unspoken2011
- 1.000.0002012
- Don’t Stop the Music2012
- Do What You Do2012
- Fiesta2012
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Rudi Schwamborn, known as Carlprit, is a German-Zimbabwean rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. He has performed with and written for acts such as Cascada, Alexandra Stan and Laurent Wolf. He is best known for his song Fiesta as well as his appearance in 2009 on Cascada's hit single "Evacuate the Dancefloor" which sold over three million copies worldwide and reached the top 20 on the Billboard charts, making Carlprit the first person of Zimbabwean origin to have a song in the top U.S. Billboard
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- Early life
- Music career
- First single
- "Fiesta" smash hit and solo success
- Present
- Discography
- Solo songs
- Guest appearances
- Full discography
- Albums
- As lead artist
- Other collaborations
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Rudi Frank Harold Schwamborn (; born in Avenues, Harare, Zimbabwe), professionally known as Carlprit, is a German-Zimbabwean rapper, songwriter, DJ and music manager. He has performed and written for acts such as Cascada, Alexandra Stan and Laurent Wolf. Schwamborn is best known for his song "Fiesta" as well as his appearance in Cascada's 2009 hit single "Evacuate the Dancefloor". The title sold over three million copies worldwide and reached the top 20 on Billboard charts, making Carlprit the first person of Zimbabwean origin to have a song on the top U.S. Billboard charts.
==Early life== Carlprit was born in Avenues, Harare, to a Zimbabwean mother and a German father. He grew up on Tom Ward Ave. by Cotswold Hills in Mabelreign, Harare. He attended North Park Primary School and Ellis Robins Boys High School before leaving Harare to live with one of his older brothers in Germany. The youngest of five siblings, Carlprit is the younger brother of rapper Metaphysics of Söhne Mannheims. At the age of 14 he moved to Germany with his brother Metaphysics where he first started releasing music.
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