Fettes Brot is a German hip hop group founded in 1992. Fettes Brot is German for fat bread. Although "fat" is a German slang term for "excellent", the phrase has no meaning at all. The band took the name from a fan who called them "Fettes Brot" after an early gig, which was probably meant as a compliment, but the members considered it so bizarre that they took it as the name for their new group. Fettes Brot's longevity has meant that it is sometimes referred to as "Hamburg's hip-hop-dinosaurs" by its members. History Success with Nordisch by Nature and Jein When the group Poets of Peeze disbanded in 1992, its members Dokter Renz (Martin Schrader, now Martin Vandreier) and Tobi Tobsen together with König (king) Boris (Boris Lauterbach), Schiffmeister (Björn Warns) and Mighty founded the band Fettes Brot. The Schmidt brothers (Tobi & Mighty) left the newly founded band early o

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