Megaloh

MEGALOH makes three crosses. His new album, his fourth solo album, marks the end of a long chapter in his life story. And perhaps it's also the beginning of a new one.
But let's take it step by step. MEGALOH, born in FFM, raised in Berlin-Moabit, has always been an insider tip in German rap, a life between chart rankings and welfare, big stages and grinding in the warehouse. He's already played out the fairy tale stories of rap stardom, including the nightmare valleys in between. What remains is a complete lack of illusions about the business; everything has its price. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to feed your family. And sometimes you have to say goodbye.

"Three Crosses" tells a hero's journey without heroes, it's an unvarnished look at life, survival – and time and again: the end. Death weaves through the album in references and allusions time and again. Should we be worried? "During the album, I often thought about death," says MEGALOH, "Since my son has been born, transience has become an important issue for me." It's actually the most universal question of humanity: Life could end at any time, so what do you want to leave behind? To your children, your fans, the world? Misogynistic lines and a Napoleon complex? Are clout, clicks, and likes the legacy that will comfort posterity? No – Megaloh settles scores with this scene, to which he has had a tense relationship somewhere between belonging and rejection since long before yesterday.

"Three Crosses" signifies farewell. "I made the album with the mindset that it could be the last." Who knows what tomorrow holds? "Nothing is promised," says MEGALOH. These are the words of someone who has seen the highs and lows, who knows that everything could be over tomorrow, but also that there are things greater than oneself, than one's own ego. And who is now at peace with himself. What comes next? Anyone who knows MEGALOH knows: probably a lot. After all, every farewell, and especially this one, is also a new beginning, the first step into a new life, a new development, a new narrative. "When it's time to go, are you really ready / If you manage to let go, you are truly free": MEGALOH is ready and makes three crosses for everything that was and everything that is yet to come.