Reyhan Şahin

Infobox musical artist


Name = Lady "Bitch" Ray
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Reyhan Şahin
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Origin = Bremen, Germany
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Genre = Porn rap, hip-hop
Occupation = Rapper
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Label = Vagina Style Records
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Reyhan Şahin (*July 3 1980 or 1981 in Bremen, Germany), also known as "Lady "Bitch" Ray", is a German-speaking rapper and radio host of Turkish ethnicity.

Education

Şahin was born into a so-called guest worker family originally from Sivas, Turkey, [Literatur|Autor=N.N.|Titel=Kendine 'Bayan fahişe' diyor|Sammelwerk=Hürriyet|Jahr=2008|Monat=April|Tag=30|Online=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/anasayfa/8807369.asp |Zugriff=15. Juni 2008|Originalsprache=tr] in Bremen's neighborhood of
Gröpelingen, where she graduated from Gymnasium. She studied linguistics and German Studies at the University of Bremen, where she earned a Master's degree with distinctionDoğan, Kemal: „ [http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=5767125 Hip hop'ta Reyhan rüzgarı] “, "Hürriyet", January 12, 2007.] . Her diploma thesis, which investigated "Youth Language in Hip Hop Culture" has been published in an anthology with the German publisher Brockmeyer-Universitätsverlag. She is currently working on her Ph.D. thesis on the "Semiotics of Clothes".Irler, Klaus: „ [http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/07/03/a0108.1/text Keine ist so krass wie ich] “, "die tageszeitung", July 3, 2006, p. 5.]

Media career

Şahin gained her first experience with public broadcasting with Funkhaus Europa, a station co-produced by two well-renowned public broadcasting companies, "Westdeutscher Rundfunk" and "Radio Bremen". She joined the station as a part-timer and freelancer in 2002, but was sacked in May 2006, because the lyrics of her hip hop songs published via MySpace were considered to transport "pornographic contents", which was not in line with the station's content policy.Buettner, Julia: „Die Parallelgesellschaft von nebenan: Wie mit den Mitteln des Fernsehens versucht wird, die starren Migranten-Klischees der Deutschen aufzubrechen“, "Süddeutsche Zeitung", February 12, 2007, S. 17.]

Reception

Şahin's opus has received controversial reviews. According to "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the entries in her internet guest book vary from "You are the shame of every Turkish woman" to "You are totally "powerful, sexy", I'm frightened of you. Respect!!" [Buettner, Julia: „Die Parallelgesellschaft von nebenan: Wie mit den Mitteln des Fernsehens versucht wird, die starren Migranten-Klischees der Deutschen aufzubrechen“, "Süddeutsche Zeitung", February 12, 2007, p. 17; Translation ; italics denote English language in the original.] In one of the episodes of her show "Raywatch", which was broadcast over the internet, she revealed her vagina and masturbated; this show was hotly debated even among her hip hop following.

Discography

*"Ich hasse dich" "("I hate you")" (release date unknown)
*"Du bist krank" "("You're sick")" (unknown)
*"Suck It" (unknown)

At this time released EPs
*"Fick mich EP" "("Fuck me EP")" (2006)
*"Vorhang auf!" "("Curtains open!")" (30 March 2007)
*"Mein Weg" "("My way")" (6 December 2007)

References

Literature

* Şahin, Reyhan (2006): „Jugendsprache im Hip Hop“, in "Possession, Quantitative Typologie und Semiotik: Georgisch, Irisch, Türkisch", edited by Thomas Stolz, Bochum: Brockmeyer. ISBN 3-8196-0674-2

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/ladybitchray Lady „Bitch“ Ray] at MySpace