Ekrem Bora (born September 3, 1983 in Cologne[1]) better known as Eko Fresh and also known as Elektro Eko is a German rapper of Turkish descent. His hometown is Mönchengladbach. He used to be in a relationship with the singer Valezka. Ekrem grew up in Mönchengladbach and used to go to school until he stopped to pursue his musical interests. He grew up with his mother. After he left the school he had no profession so he worked in a shoe-shop. There he met for the first time the well-known rapper Kool Savas. Kool Savas was his mentor so he could early release his first LP on Royal Bunker, whose name was Jetzt kommen wir auf die Sachen. After this LP he, Kool Savas, Valezka and Melbeatz founded Optik Records. There Eko Fresh released his 2nd LP König von Deutschland. Then, he fell in love with Valezka and that was not okay for Savas, so Eko Fresh and Valezka left the Label and released their Songs on Sony BMG. There he released 3 LPs: Ich bin jung und brauche das Geld, Dünya Dönüyor - Die Welt dreht sich with Azra of Royal Bunker and L.O.V.E. with Valezka.