Vega, real name Andre Witter, was born in Langen in 1985. The German rapper grew up near Frankfurt and came into contact with rap music at an early age. He then released his first EPs on the Internet under the name VRS. He became a member of the rap crew Rare-Squad and got to know various producers and rappers. After numerous features, the collaboration album Deutsche Probleme with fellow rapper Separate was finally released in 2006. On October 9, 2009, Vega releases his debut album Lieber bleib ich broke. At the beginning of 2010, he was named "Best Newcomer National" at the Hiphop.de Awards. On January 13, 2012, Vega's second album Vincent is released, which enters the album charts at number 5 in Germany and number 28 in Austria. His third album Nero reached number 2 in Germany in 2013. 2015 saw the release of Vega's fourth solo album Kaos, with which he reached the top of the German charts for the first time. Locke (2020, number 2) and 069 (2021, number 3) also make it into the top 10 of the German album charts. In early 2024, Vega released the single "Als du gingst" and his eighth studio album Wieso sie Stürme nach Menschen benennen (Why they name storms after people ) (number 2 in Germany). Another studio album, König ohne Krone, follows in the fall of 2025. This reached number 6 in the German charts.
