Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume (born 3 August 1984), better known as Kollegah is a German rapper. He is signed at his own Hip-Hop Label Alpha Music Empire. His style and demeanor is heavily based on gangsta rap. Kollegah is known for his punchlines, double time-ability, complex and polysyllabic rhyme structures. 　　Kollegah (born 3 August, 1984 in Friedberg, Hesse as Felix Antoine Blume) is a rapper from Germany, who is signed to the label 　　　Selfmade Records. He formerly rapped under the pseudonym T.O.N.I. 　　Felix Blume's father is of Canadian descent and his mother of German descent. Blume was born in Friedberg, Hesse and grew up fatherless in Simmern. He made his Abitur 2005 on the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium. 　　Blume came in contact with Islam, because of his stepfather. With age 15, he converted to Islam and translated the book Death - Resurrection - Hell by Adnan Oktar. He stopped translating and started his rap-career under the pseudonym T.O.N.I. From December 2004 until May 2005 Kollegah participated in rap battles on the online platform Reimliga Battle Arena (RBA) and won 11 out of 14 evaluated battles.