Moses Pelham

Biography

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.

Albums

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

Singles

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

Lawsuit with Kraftwerk

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. 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.