Cora E., also well known as the Zulu-Queen (* 1968 in Kiel; born Sylvia Macco) is a German Rapper and one of the pioneers of the German Hip Hop Movement. She is a trained nurse and came to Heidelberg to work the psychiatric department of the university clinic. After getting in touch with graffiti and breakdance, she got to know rap, the musical element of Hip Hop. In 1988 she stood on stage for the first time. Cora E.'s music and lyrics became decisively influenced by a two-year stay in New York, the Mecca of Hip Hop.