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B.A.G.I.

voc, *1977 DE
Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. James Marc Harrison Es Arc Winterz

Born August 19th, 1977 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany to a Greek mother, and an African-American father, B.A.G.I. alias Es Arc Winterz is a hip-hop MC, who was raised in both Hampton, Virginia and in Nuremberg, Germany. Relocating to Nuremberg, Bavaria in 1993, B.A.G.I. teamed up with Knowtoryus, Automatikk, Free Justice and King Size Terror in 1994 to form the now defunct Lethal Cypher. The group disbanded after the release of their compilation "Lethal Cypher: Just Da Foundation". Moving back to Virginia in 2002, after the release of his debut album "The Arctic Circle", B.A.G.I. returned to Nuremberg a year later following up with his sophomore effort "Decrypted" in 2005, while forming the crew Noo Age, together with Mad Rush, D.Phunk and Ill Grill, Ill Grill left the group in 2006, and Noo Age went on to include Lost Smoke and T.A.P., further veterans from the Nuremberg rap scene. B.A.G.I. has recorded with the likes of Kool G Rap, Craig G, Chino XL, Louieville Sluggah, Cerebral Vortex, Trzeci Wymiar, Nemo Nemesis and producers such as DJ Smoove, DJ Danetic, Peak, Joolz Justice and Kajmir Royale, amongst many others.

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