{{Short description|Austrian rapper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Chakuza | image = Chakuza Promo Zodiak 2014.jpeg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Peter Pangerl | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|2|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Linz, Austria | instrument = | genre = Hip hop | occupation = Rapper, producer | years_active = | label = Four Music | associated_acts = Bushido, Beatlefield, Baba Saad | website = }}
'''Peter Pangerl''' (born 22 February 1981), better known as '''Chakuza''', is an Austrian rapper.
== Career == After finishing an apprenticeship to become chef, he teamed up with DJ Stickle and MC J and formed the hip hop group ''Verbale Systematik''. When MC J left the group in 2002, they changed their name to ''Beatlefield'' and became a production duo.
In 2005, the two of them approached Bushido and handed him a demo tape of theirs, which consisted of numerous beats and one song. At about the same time Austrian police had taken Bushido in because of battery allegations, and during the trial the rapper was not allowed to leave Austria. This resulted in Bushido temporarily living at Chakuza's place and further in the signing of Chakuza and DJ Stickle to Bushido's label ersguterjunge.<ref>[http://www.laut.de/Chakuza Biography] at laut.de (in German)</ref>
In November 2012, it was announced that Chakuza had been signed to Four Music. His fourth solo album ''Magnolia'' was released in March 2013 and featured a more non-electronic, songwriter attitude than the previous ones.<ref>[http://www.fourmusic.com/kuenstler/chakuza/ Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220044825/http://www.fourmusic.com/kuenstler/chakuza/ |date=20 December 2013 }} at fourmusic.com (in German)</ref>
==Discography== thumb|upright=0.9|Chakuza performing in 2014 {{main|Chakuza discography}}
* ''Suchen & Zerstören'' (2006) * ''City Cobra'' (2007) * ''Unter der Sonne'' (2008) * ''Monster in mir'' (2010) * ''Suchen & Zerstören 2'' (2010) * ''Magnolia'' (2013) * ''Zodiak'' (2014) [collaboration with RAF Camora and Joshi Mizu] * ''Exit'' (2014) * ''Noah'' (2016) * ''Suchen und Zerstören 3'' (2018) * ''Aurora MC'' (2019)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Chakuza}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070621065650/http://www.ersguterjunge.de/_artists/chakuza/index.html Biography at ersguterjunge.de] {{in lang|de}} *[http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/c/chakuza/biographie/index.htm Biography at laut.de] {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101002082943/http://www.ersguterjunge.org/Index.php?site=Chakuza Biography and pictures at ersguterjunge.org] {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110101135612/http://rap.de/news/5282 Chakuza leaving ersguterjunge for Beatlefield] {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101201213046/http://beatlefield.com/ Beatlefield] {{in lang|de}}
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Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian male rappers Category:Austrian male musicians
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