Ceza

Bilgin Özçalkan (born 31 December 1976), also known by his stage name Ceza (pronounced je-ZAH, Turkish for 'punishment'), is a Turkish rapper and songwriter. His 2015 song "Suspus"[1] has been compared to Eminem's anti-Trump freestyle rap "Storm".[2]

For other uses, see Ceza (disambiguation).
Ceza
Birth nameBilgin Özçalkan
Also known as
  • Ceza
  • Fatalrhymer
  • Fatalflex
Born (1976-12-31) December 31, 1976
Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Genres
Occupation(s)
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1995–present
Labels
  • Kod Müzik (1999)
  • Hammer Müzik (2000–2006)
  • EMI (2006)
  • Orijinal Müzik (2008)
  • Pasaj Müzik (2009)
  • Esen Müzik (2010–present)
Associated actsTech N9ne, Sansar Salvo, Yelawolf, Twista, USO, Busta Rhymes, Killa Hakan, Sagopa Kajmer
Websiteceza.com.tr

Early works

In 1995, Özçalkan started a group called U.C.S, and performed with this group until about 1998. His group Nefret got signed under Hammer Music in 2000, and the album Meclis Ala - İstanbul was released. In 2001, Özçalkan proceeded to release the album Anahtar. The title track on this album that holds the same name as the album itself was the first one that came with a music video. The album was a great success, and Özçalkan got to give many concerts with it.[3]

However, Özçalkan's big breakthrough came in 2004. He was invited to one of the biggest rock festivals in Turkey, namely RockIstanbul, and was asked to perform on stage there. He was able to showcase his rap music in an environment that held the largest Turkish popular music acts.[4]

In 2005, at the Turkish rock music festival Rock 'n Coke, Ceza let out a profanity laden freestyle rap directed at the singer Kıraç, who had made comments about rap not being real music.[5]

After these two projects, Özçalkan had a featuring with artist Mercan Dede, in his album Su (water).[6]

Personal life

He was born on December 31, 1976 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, but he was registered on January 1, 1977 in his birth certification. He worked for 8 years as an electrician before he started rapping. He is married to producer RokaBeat (Elif Özçalkan). He is also a professional Assassin's Creed player he is in Top 100 on World ranking. He is the first and only Turkish singer who won a MTV Music Award in 2007. Again in 2007, he created his own clothing brand called Evin Delisi[7]. In 2009, he received an invitation for Eurovision, to represent Turkey but did not accept it because he said that the voting system is unfair. In the October of 2013 together with rapper Fuat Ergin he was on custody for publishing a photo of drug known as magic mushroom on his social media account and his house was searched, but after the interrogation he was released and posed a victory sign at the exit. Ceza and Sagopa Kajmer used to be good friends before and they used make songs together but their friendship was broken and Sagopa Kajmer fired Ceza from his group Kuvvetmira and Ceza made a diss track to him and his wife Kolera called Mürekkep Doldurdum (2005), Sagopa Kajmer responded to him with his diss album Disstortion EP (5 December 2005) on his song Kır Kalbini Ver Elime.

Discography

Solo albums
Year Title Label
2002 Med-Cezir
(Ebb And Flow)		 Hammer Müzik
2004 Rapstar
130.000		 Hammer Müzik
2005 Feyz Al
(Be enlightened)		 Hammer Müzik
2006 Yerli Plaka
(Domestic Plate Number)		 Hammer Müzik
2007 Evin Delisi
(The Crazy of the House)		 Underground EP
2008 Bomba Plak with Killa Hakan
(Bomb Record)		 Dolunay Müzik and Orjinal Müzik
2010 Onuncu Köy
(Tenth Village)		 Esen Müzik
2010 Artık Suç Değil Sevgi İşleyin - Yüksek Gerilim
Esen Müzik
2015 Suspus
Esen Müzik

Split albums
with Dr. Fuchs
Year Title Label
2000 Meclis-i Ala İstanbul
(Big Parliament Istanbul)		 Hammer Müzik
2001 Anahtar
(Key)		 Hammer Müzik
with Killa Hakan
Year Title Label
2000 Meclis-i Ala İstanbul
(Big Parliament Istanbul)		 Hammer Müzik

Singles
  • "Açık Ara Bul Kon" (2009)
  • "Artık Suç Değil Sevgi İşleyin" (2010)
  • "Sende Biraz Delisin" (2011)
  • "Türk Marşı" (2012)
  • "Mind Right" (feat. Kaan) (2016)
  • "Denizci" (2018)
  • "Fight Kulüp" (feat. Killa Hakan & Ezhel & Ben Fero) (2019)
  • "Komedi v Dram" (feat. Sayedar & Önder Şahin) (2019)
  • "Beatcoin" (2019)
International (as featured artist)
Year Single Peak position Certification
US
2011 "Worldwide Choppers"
(Tech N9ne featuring Busta Rhymes, Yelawolf, Twista,
U$O, Ceza, D-Loc, JL of B.Hood & Twisted Insane)		 104

Filmography
Year Title Role
2005 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Himself
2013 Leyla and Mecnun 'Guest appearance'
gollark: Internet.
gollark: ↓ tux1
gollark: See how he has discontinuities?
gollark: Can someone with THIS PLOT be trusted?
gollark: → false.

References
  1. Suspus (Ceza) Official Music Video. YouTube. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  2. "Eminem 'Fırtına'ysa, Ceza 'Suspus'". Cumhuriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. "Ceza kimdir ne zaman doğdu müzik hayatı ceza\'nın albümleri nelerdir". Mailce.com. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. Mynet. "Ceza Rock İstanbul Canlı Performans". Mynet Video. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. Ceza's freestyle verse at the 2005 Rock 'n Coke. ultraslan39 (2007-01-14), ceza - kıraç, retrieved 2017-05-08
  6. "Mercan Dede - Su". Discogs. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. ED BRAND https://www.evindelisi.com.tr/ Retrieved 2019-11-24.
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