The German rapper Noel Amadu, known to the public as NU51, was born in Düren in 1991. He became a member of the motorcycle and rocker club Banditos at the age of 20 and rose to the rank of president within a few years. After leaving the club, he released his debut single "Neun Milli " in 2017 via Alles Oder Nix Records. After a few more joint releases with the Bonn-based record label, Amadu was sent to prison for criminal offenses from his Bandito days and subsequently founded his own label, Bantu Nation. his debut album Zwiegespalten (2018) was released in 2018 and in the same year the song 'Lass Laufen', which he released together with his label colleague Sugar MMFK, became his first big hit. in 2019, he united the rappers from his label on the sampler Free Bantu Nation and achieved further attention in the street rap scene with the song "Was Krieg" (feat. Xatar). In summer 2020, he started a public beef with the Essen rapper Sinan-G and the Berlin rapper Fler, to whom he dedicated the diss track "Patricia". His second album Akte Nu51 was released in the same year, which included the single "Ich will nicht" with rapper Eunique. The song became a big hit. At the end of 2021, the Bantu Sampler Vol. 1 was released, which featured Nu51 on the single "Status".
