Mehmet Ali Avci

Mehmet Ali Avci, also known as Magi$ke Mem$e is a Danish filmmaker and member of the rap group Popdrengene, known for the 2018 short film Ansvar.[1]

Not to be confused with the swedish music producer Avicii.
Mehmet Ali Avci
Born
Mehmet Ali Avci

2 September
Copenhagen, Denmark

Early life

Mehmet was born and raised in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] His father site of the family originates from Turkey, and he would often visit his Turkish family. During these visits he would often watch movies on the family's old VHS. Movies became his way of escaping the boring life in the suburbs.[3]

Film career

In 2016 Mehmet started attending the film school Station Next, where he would go on to write and direct multiple short films, the most notable being Ansvar, which would go on to attend multiple international film festivals.

Rap career

Mehmet started his rap career in 2017, when he posted the track Cillit Bang to his soundcloud. Following the relative success of his first track, Mehmet would continue to upload tracks regularly, most gaining around 2000-3000 listens as of February 2019. Mehmet would break through on the danish soundcloud rap scene in December 2017, when he posted the tack Varm Jul ("Hot Christmas"), which has over 20.000 listens as of February 2019. In 2019 Mehmet would perform live for the first time, in front of a crowd of 300 people.

In 2019 Mehmet formed the rap group Popdrengene with a number of other danish soundcloud rappers, the most notable being Laurits Geertz-Hansen.

He is currently studying music.

References
  1. "Mehmet Ali Avci". IMDB.
  2. Ludvigsen, Jacob. "16-årigt filmtalent med klart budskab til vennerne: Vælg kreativitet frem for kriminalitet". SOUNDVENUE.COM (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  3. "Mehmet Ali Avci". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
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