Freundeskreis in Freiburg im Breisgau

Freundeskreis are a German hip-hop trio formed in Stuttgart in 1996, comprising rapper Max Herre and producers Don Philippe and DJ Friction. They became known through the single “A-N-N-A,” which appeared on their 1997 debut album, Quadratur des Kreises. Their second album, Esperanto, followed in 1999 and featured multilingual rapping. Freundeskreis often performed with a live band alongside the DJs. They reunited for festival performances in 2007, and on September 19 that year they played Stuttgart’s Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau.