Edo Maajka
Edo Maajka (born Edin Osmić on December 22, 1978 in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY) is the leading rapper in Bosnia. He is also a member of the Bosnian rap group Disciplinska Komisija ("Disciplinary Commission").
Edo Maajka often raps about the contemporary political situation and the consequences of the Yugoslav wars. He represents the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) point of view regarding the war in Bosnia, although his songs are about the problems of all three main nations of Bosnia's nations. For example, on "On je mladji" he raps about the son of a Croatian war veteran who is engaged to a Serb girl. However, his lyrics are not limited to political issues - he often raps about youth issues, a dislike of pop music, intense dislike of bad rapping, etc. Not all of his songs are negative, some of them are intensely positive to listen to and relaxing as well, such the title track from his album "No Sikiriki", as well as "Legenda o Elvisu" and "Faca" and others as well.
Edo Maajka has a large following in his homeland of Bosnia-Hercegovina, as well as in Croatia, Serbia-Montenegro and the rest of the former Yugoslavia. Aswell as some of Europe and is starting to reach the world.
He has released two albums and is working on his next release. His debut album was 2001's "Slušaj Mater", followed by 2004's "No Sikiriki", all of them on the Menart label in Zagreb.
He also worked on the soundtrack to the film Ljeto u Zlatnoj Dolini (Summer in the Golden Valley), directed by Srđan Vuletić. The soundtrack for the movie was released in his 2003 album as "Edo Maajka & Raja - Zlatna Dolina".
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