Reen, also known as MC Rene, was born Rene El Khazraje in Braunschweig, Germany, on September 11, 1976. Interested in hip-hop, he first started freestyling when he was just a teenager, issuing his first single, "Reimenergie," in 1993 on MZEE. In 1995 his debut full-length, Renevolution, came out, but following its release the MC, disregarding the occasional live appearance, pretty much stayed out of the spotlight, though in 1999 a kind of label sampler, Reneflektion, to which he contributed, hit shelves, and in 2000 an official album, Ein Album Namens Bernd, was released. This...