Die P

Artistically uncompromising and equipped with a remarkable repertoire of skills, Patricia Pembele – aka Die P – is turning the German rap scene upside down and reflecting on old virtues that some thought had been forgotten. For almost a decade now, the rapper from Bonn has been releasing EPs such as ‘Bonnität’ (2017) and ‘Tape’ (2020), with which she demonstrates in passing that local street rap can also be thoughtful, socially critical, and yet also slickly produced. As the first signing of the now-infamous label 365XX and an established battle rapper, she has not only brutally shaken up a male-dominated subculture, but also significantly improved the position of female acts in local hip-hop. Instead of autotune and trap beats, Die P focuses more on boom bap and conscious lyrics, which make the album ‘3.14’ (2021) or the three ‘Bring Da P’ volumes (2024) with MP Freshly diamonds in the rough of the current rap scene in Germany. It goes thus without saying that the DIY artist’s wild live shows need fear no comparison, past or present.