Moses Pelham

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Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in Frankfurt) is a German rapper, singer and producer.

In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt. Pelham is a member of the German band Glashaus.

• 1989: Raining Rhymes
• 1992: The Bastard Lookin' 4 the Light (1992 produced, but first published in 2000)
• 1994: Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Direkt aus Rödelheim (with Thomas Hofmann)
• 1995: Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Live aus Rödelheim (with Thomas Hofmann)
• 1996: Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt – Zurück nach Rödelheim (with Thomas Hofmann)
• 1998: Geteiltes Leid I
• 2004: Geteiltes Leid II
• 2012: Geteiltes Leid III
• 2017: Herz
• 2020: Emuna
• 2021: Nostalgie Tape

• 1988: Ay-Ay-Ay (What We Do for Love) (with Rico Sparx)
• 1988: Twilight Zone
• 1989: Can This Be Love
• 1989: Raining Rhymes
• 1990: Muscles (with Harold Faltermeyer)
• 1998: Hartreim Saga
• 1998: Schnaps für alle
• 1999: Skillz (with Illmat!c & Xavier Naidoo)
• 1999: Mein Glück
• 2000: Bonnie & Clyde 2000 (with Cora E.)
• 2004: Ein schöner Tag
• 2004: 77 Minutes of Strugglin (with Illmat!c & Kool Savas)
• 2006: Gott liebt mich
• 2009: Strugglin' (2009 ISAS Remix) (with Illmat!c, Kool Savas & Cassandra Steen)
• 2012: Für die Ewigkeit
• 2019: Notaufnahme
• 2020: Weiße Fahne
• 2020: Wunder (with Faiz Mangat)
• 2020: Juli
• 2020: Emuna (acoustic) (with Stefanie Kloß)
• 2020: Backstein
• 2020: Du
• 2021: Lappen wie Du

Pelham used for his 1997 song "Nur mir" a two-second sample of Kraftwerk's "Metall auf Metall" from 1977. As a result, Kraftwerk sued Pelham for copyright infringement. The case continued for over 20 years, with Pelham ultimately losing in 2020.^[1] However, as copyright law changed shortly afterwards, the ruling doesn't apply to the current law, and the lawsuits for the use of the sample after June 2021 continue.^[2]

• ImGlashaus.de (in German)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moses Pelham.

• Website by Moses Pelham
• Stadt Frankfurt am Main zeichnet Moses Pelham mit der Goetheplakette aus (in German)
• Spiegel.de: Moses Pelham und Kratwerk vor Gericht, Eugh Urteil zu Sampling, Sampling ist gestattet (in German)