Turkish rapper Yunus Özyavuz (August 17, 1978), better known by his stage name
Sagopa Kajmer, rose to fame in the early aughts with his vibrant mix of '90s
boom-bap and Arabesque music. Born and raised in the city of Samsun, he was
heavily influenced by his parent's record collection, which included everything
from African music to the Italian classics. After working as a DJ in a local
radio station, he moved to Istanbul in 1997 to study Persian language and
literature at Istanbul University. One year later, he founded the hip-hop group
Kuvvetmira and made his recording debut on ...