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Stefan Richter, better known by the stage name Trettmann, is a German rapper. Since his breakthrough in 2016, he works with the producer collective KitschKrieg.
Richter gained his first impressions of hip-hop during an appearance of the New York City Breakers on West German TV in 1984. He also cited the film Beat Street as an early visual influence, which premiered in East German cinemas during 1985. Hip Hop in der DDR: Improvisiert und originell. MDR dated 21 April 2016. Richter started breakdancing and joined various Hip-hop dance of his hometown. From 1984 on, he attended a middle school with a special track for music, dancing and performance. Trettmann x Ines Anioli. Interview dated 5 July 2018 on Talk-o-mat. Richter graduated from high school in Chemnitz after the end of Communism in East Germany.
In the early 1990s, Richter travelled to Jamaica for the first time. Jamaican music continued to influence his style.Ralf Theil: Mit Trettmann & KitschKrieg auf Jamaika: "Billie Holiday". In: Red Bull Magazine dated 14 March 2018. In the following years he worked in various temp jobs, including a gig as a clerk in a record shop. He also started DJing.Krissi Kowsky: 12 Jahre Trettmann – seine Karriere in Songs. In: rap.de, Berlin, dated 27 July 2018. He lived in Berlin for a while, but then moved to Leipzig in 2001, where he organized reggae parties and performed as an MC. Die Sonne Sachsens. Interview in Freie Presse, dated 15 September 2017. His debut single under the moniker Ronny Trettman appeared in 2006, staying four weeks in the German single charts. He performed his songs in an Upper Saxon dialect, satirising the German reggae/dancehall scene. In 2010, he released his first studio album, dropping the Saxon dialect and comedy act. He followed up with a second album in 2013.
From 2016 on, he removed the first name of his artist persona, performing simply as Trettmann from then on. He started his collaboration with KitschKrieg, releasing three Extended play in rapid succession. Music critics described his style as "beats ... in the manner of cloud rap".Kornelius Friz: Da lebt noch was im Beton. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, dated 6 October 2017. Trettmann gave guest appearances on the commercially successful album Palmen aus Plastik by RAF Camora and Bonez MC, thus becoming known to a wider audience in 2016. In 2017, Trettmann released his own album DIY#, which stayed on the German album charts 64 weeks, peaking at rank 17. German Charts for DIY# In 2018, Trettmann performed on the single "Standard" together with German hip-hop acts Gringo, Ufo361 and Gzuz. "Standard" topped the German single charts for two weeks. German Charts for Standard
Trettmann lives in Leipzig, working with KitschKrieg in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
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