Mozzik

Mozzik is the stage name of Gramoz Aliu, a Kosovo-Albanian rapper, singer and songwriter born on 29 September 1995. He comes from an Albanian family in Ferizaj, the town he grew up in, and his older brother, Getinjo, is a rapper too. His music is hip hop and rap, sung mostly in Albanian and later also in German.

He started making music young and became known across the Albanian-speaking Balkans after signing with On Records, which released many of his early hits. His first singles came out in 2014, among them "Kuku" and "Cari Mahallës", and in 2016 he released "Tony Montana" with Getinjo.

The breakthrough in the German-speaking countries came in 2018. "Ti amo" with Veysel reached number ten in Switzerland, and "Bonnie & Clyde" with the Swiss rapper Loredana, then his wife, went to number three in Germany and Austria and number two in Switzerland. In February 2019, with some 300 million YouTube views behind him, he signed with Sony. "Romeo & Juliet" and "Eiskalt" both reached number two in Germany, and "A Milly" with Dardan also charted.

In January 2020 he released "Edhe ti" with Tayna, followed by "Auf Wiedersehen", his first song written entirely in German, which made the top ten in Austria and Switzerland. His debut album Mozzart, twenty tracks, came out on 31 July 2020 and reached number eleven in Switzerland. The same summer he sang on Kida's "Paranoia" and "Pishmon", both number ones in Albania.

In 2021 he and Loredana released the joint album No Rich Parents, a top-ten record in Austria and Switzerland, and their "Rosenkrieg" went to number one in Germany. His second album, Lamboziki, followed in 2022, with "Ska" featuring Elvana Gjata; "Pare" with Butrint Imeri and Tayna reached number eleven in Switzerland, and in 2023 "Drama" with Dafina Zeqiri reached 30 there.

Mergimstar followed in 2024 and reached number 20 in Switzerland, and Gimme 5 is listed for 2026. By German Wikipedia's count his records have earned five gold and seven platinum awards in Germany, Austria and Switzerland together.