EES (rapper)
# EES (rapper)

Eric Sell, better known as EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell"), is a German Namibian Kwaito artist and rapper.

Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He currently lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany. His texts are written in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. He also makes frequent use of Namlish and Namibian German (Südwesterdeutsch), the German dialect spoken in Namibia, and he popularised the term Nam-Slang for it.

## Awards

### Won

* 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist
* 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award
* 2009 Namibian Music Awards: Artist of the Year
* 2011 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best international achievement
* 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Music Video & Best Collaboration
* 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards: Best Kwaito Video ("Ayoba" with Mandoza)

## Discography

* 2002 – Straight from NAM
* 2003 – Bio-Lyrical Warfare (only South Africa)
* 2003 – Yes-Ja (Das Album)
* 2004 – Odyssey Cru
* 2004 – 061 for LIFE!
* 2005 – Wo is die Coolbox?
* 2006 – NAM FlaVa!
* 2007 – Sharp, Sharp!
* 2008 – Awee!
* 2011 – Megaphone Ghazzie
* 2012 – The Remixes (Raw & Unmastered)
* 2012 – Da Gehn Wir (feat. T-zon)
* 2013 – IF Not, Why Not!
* 2014 – Authentic Rebel (feat. M-Poser Boss)

## Films and books

* The Kwaito-Documentary
* Esisallesoreidt (approximately: EverythingIsAllRight), a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German
