German rapper and Islamic State member (1975–2018)
Denis Cuspert
Denis Cuspert in a video produced by IS
Born
Denis Mamadou Gerhard Cuspert
(1975-10-18)18 October 1975
Kreuzberg, West Berlin, West Germany
Died
17 January 2018(2018-01-17) (aged 42)[1]
Gharanij, Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Cause of death
Airstrike
Nationality
German and Ghanaian[2]
Other names
Deso Dogg, Abu Talha al-Almani, Abou Maleeq, Abu Yasir al-Almani
Occupation(s)
Rapper, IS member
Military career
Allegiance
Millatu Ibrahim (2012–13)
Junud al-Sham (2013)
Islamic State (2013–18)
Years of service
2012–2018
Battles/wars
Egypt
Egyptian Crisis
Libya
Post-civil war violence in Libya[3]
Syria
Syrian civil war
First Battle of Sha'ir
Deir ez-Zor campaign †
Denis Mamadou Gerhard Cuspert (18 October 1975 – 17 January 2018), also known by his stage name Deso Dogg and his nom de guerreAbu Talha al-Almani, was a German rapper who became a member of the Islamic State.[4]
Cuspert ended his rap career in 2010, converted to Islam and took on the new Islamic name Abou Maleeq. He left Germany in 2012 for Egypt and Libya, eventually going to Syria in 2013, where he fought with jihadist anti-government forces in the Syrian Civil War, under the nom de guerre of Abu Talha Al-Almani (meaning Abu Talha the German).
He was wounded during fighting in the northern-Syrian town of Azaz in an air-strike conducted by the Syrian Air Force. In 2014, he gave his oath of allegiance to Islamist-Jihadi group the Islamic State (IS).[citation needed]
The United States Department of State added Cuspert to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on 9 February 2015,[5] and the United Nations Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee designated him on 11 February 2015.[3] In January 2018, the pro-IS Wafa' Media Foundation announced his death during clashes in the town of Gharanij.[6]
^"'Gangsta jihadi' Denis Cuspert killed fighting in Syria". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^"Denis Cuspert - Berlin's own criminal, rapper, and jihadist". DW News. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ ab"NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF REASONS FOR LISTING QDi.347: Denis Mamadou Gerhard Cuspert". Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
^Mekhennet, Souad. "Osama’s name flows in our blood: Ex-rapper" The New York Times at Indian Express. Friday 2 September 2011. 1. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^"Terrorist Designation of Denis Cuspert". United States Department of State. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^"German rapper-turned-jihadi Denis Cuspert reportedly killed in Syria". Dw.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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