[citation needed] Azad obviously draws largely from the American hip-hop culture to produce the stylistics and flow that he employs.
[2] Two of Germany's founding rap groups, Die Fantastischen Vier and Advanced Chemistry swallowed up the hip hop craze when movies such as Wild Style and Beat Street dropped in the early 1980s.
So much so that when groups started emulating American hip hop in search of their own, local sound, the clique "rap" indicators like screaming "hey yo" over a chorus were soon dismissed as mindless.
It wasn't until this stage in the movement in Germany, that performers like Azad could arise, respectively embodying the confidence, presence, and seamlessness so reminiscent of American rappers like Notorious B.I.G.
[citation needed] In the music video, Azad is seen rapping outside in a beautiful setting, baggy pants, tattooed arms, contrasting the lack of freedom inside the prison, but also paying homage, in the form of mimicry, to American hip-hop.