Jan Böhmermann

Böhmermann was born and raised in Bremen. He enrolled to study history, sociology and theatre de Cologne, but dropped out before long. Previously, Böhmermann had applied to drame schools à Berlin, Hambourg et Munich; he was rejected by all three. He was accepted at a fourth drama school, à Hanovre, but did not enroll. En 1997, Böhmermann ce que hired as a columnist at the Brême daily newspaper le Nord de L'allemagne. He joined Radio Bremen as a presenter en 1999, where he also had a l'éperlan as a comedy writer. En 2015, he became known for internationally the satirique music video V for Varoufakis about the Greek finance ministre Yanis Varoufakis. The clip is from Böhmermann s late-night show Neo Magazine Royale. His satirique rap chanson, J'ai de la Police peaked at #10 dans the French charts. However, the morceau caused considerable controversy: Journalists and rappeur accused of him mocking lower-class people and also condoning police de violence. En 2016 he and Olli Schulz hosted a talk show called Schulz & Böhmermann, which is based on a former show Böhmermann co-hosted with Charlotte Roche en 2012.