Kay One (rapper)

Kay One (Prince Kay One)
Kay One performing at "Music meets Media" in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Kenneth Glöckler
Born	(1984-09-07) September 7, 1984 (age 32) Friedrichshafen, Germany
Origin	Germany
Genres	Hip Hop, Rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	2001–present
Associated acts	Bushido, Mario Winans, Red Café, Fler, Emory, The Product G&B

Kenneth Glöckler (born 7 September 1984) is a German rapper known as Kay One. He is also known as Prince Kay One.

Kay One was born in Friedrichshafen as second son to his German father and Filipino mother. He grew up in Ravensburg. He began to rap as a 13-year-old, when he was with his brother and a friend in the woods. They began to freestyle about their experience they had throughout the day.

In 2001, at age 16, he attended the Royal Rumble in Stuttgart, the biggest rap competition in Germany, and won after several battles. During that time, he and fellow rapper Jaysus has formed the duo Chablife. At age 17, Kay One and Jaysus signed to underground hip hop label Royal Bunker.

However he left Royal Bunker in 2005 and moved to Cologne, where contacted Eko Fresh and later signed to his label German Dream Entertainment. Kay One later left German Dream too, due to the failure of his commercial success. Because of financial problems, he moved back to his home town in Lake Constance. In late December 2006, he meet rapper Bushido and signed in 2007 to ersguterjunge.

Kay One gained popularity with guest appearances on his labelmates albums and with free tracks on the internet. His popularity rose due to his close collaborations with Bushido on the labelsampler ersguterjunge Sampler Vol. 3 – Alles Gute kommt von unten, with the lead single "Alles Gute kommt von unten" (with Bushido and Chakuza) reaching the single charts in Germany and Austria. He later served as Bushido's back-up during his live performences. Kay One won the Juice Awards in the category "Newcomer of 2008", because of his many leaked freetracks on the internet.

On May 7, 2010 released his debut album Kenneth allein zu Haus with guest appearances such as Fler, Bushido, Philippe Heithier, his former partner Benny Blanko. The song "Style & das Geld", that featured Bushido was released as promotional single. Lead single "Ich brech die Herzen" reached #67 in Germany .