Anton Schneider (born 8 December 1984 in Munich), known professionally as Fatoni, is a German rapper, songwriter and actor.
Anton Schneider (born 8 December 1984 in Munich), known professionally as Fatoni, is a German rapper, songwriter and actor.
Schneider grew up in Munich. He changed schools a number of times and started an apprenticeship as a childcare assistant after completing 10th grade. Later he studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts. He lives in Berlin.
Since coming into contact with Hip Hop at the end of the 1990s, Schneider started writing his own lyrics and became active as the rapper "Fatoni". In 2000 he founded the band Creme Fresh with rapper Keno and producer Bustla. Until its dissolution in 2011, the band published four albums and an EP. Until 2010, Fatoni and his band members were also part of the brass band Moop Mama, after which he left to start his solo career.
In 2011 Fatoni's first solo album was released, Solange früher alles besser war ("as long as everything used to be better"). In 2013 he released a collaborative album Nocebo with Edgar Wasser. In the next year, his EP Die Zeit heilt alle Hypes ("Time heals all hypes") was released. In 2015 Fatoni released the EP C’mon!, featuring among others Edgar Wasser, Dexter and Occupanther Beats.
Also in 2015, Fatoni released the album Yo, Picasso along with Dexter and with a guest appearance by Philipp Grütering aka Kryptik Joe of Deichkind. The record debuted at place 23 in the German album charts and reached place 2 in the Hip Hop charts [1] . In the following years he toured widely, opening for, among others, Fettes Brot [2] , die Beatsteaks [3] , Alligatoah, die Antilopen Gang and Deichkind. [4] Later he had solo tours throughout the Germanophone area. [5]
In March 2017 Fatoni's mixtape Im Modus ("in the mode") came out, featuring old companions like Edgar Wasser, Dexter und Juse Ju, as well as new collaborators Maeckes, Retrogott and the electropop band Grossstadtgeflüster.
In October 2017 Fatoni released a collaboration album Alle Liebe nachträglich ("all love belatedly") with singer Mine. The two had collaborated before on Mine's song Ziehst du mit ("Are you coming along?"). The record was nominated for the 2018 Pop culture prize in the categories "Favourite album" and "Most exciting idea/campaign".
In 2019, Fatoni released his next solo album, Andorra, which entered the German album charts at place 9. The record features guest appearances by Casper as well as Dirk von Lowtzow of Tocotronic.
In May 2021, Delirium, Fatoni's second collab album with Edgar Wasser was released. The record entered the German album charts at place 4 and reached place 1 on the Hip Hop charts.
In February 2023, single Wunderbare Welt ("Wonderful world") was released, to announce the album of the same name. After the release of further singles, the album appeared in May 2023, and entered the German album charts at place 7. [6]
In May 2025, BAWRS, Fatoni's third collaborative album with Edgar Wasser and Juse Ju was released. This was his first album with two other collaborators. It was pre-released along with the singles Nein! Doch! Ohh! ("No! Yes! Ohh!"), Beste Kombi ("Best combination"), and Crémant aus dem Senfglas ("Crémant from the mustard pot"). [7]
Fatoni frequently collaborates with other musicians, and has appeared on pieces by Die Höchste Eisenbahn, Max Herre, Grossstadtgeflüster, Antilopen Gang, Fettes Brot, Lakmann, Dexter, Maeckes, Juse Ju and Moop Mama.
During his studies at the Otto-Falckenberg-School between 2009 and 2013, Schneider appeared in various plays in Munich, for example at the Munich Kammerspiele. After a guest engagement at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, he was in the ensemble of the Staatstheater Augsburg from 2013 to 2015. [8]
He has also appeared in film and television, for example in Tatort (2021), series like Normaloland (2022), Fett und Fett ("Fat and fat") (2022) or the theater release Home Sweet Home - Wo das Böse wohnt ("Home sweet home – where evil lives") (2023). He has also acted as a voice artist on audiobooks and audio plays, such as Die letzten Männer des Westens ("The last men of the west") by Tobias Ginsburg in 2021, Goldstein by Volker Kutscher in 2022, or "Drifter" for the Bayerischer Rundfunk in 2024. [9]
From 2015 to 2023 he presented Die Fatoni Show on Radio Puls. [10]
In 2021, Fatoni wrote various songs for the TV series Almost Fly (a Wiedemann & Berg production) along with Roger Rekless.
In 2022 he wrote songs for Anne Lenk's production of Minna von Barnhelm at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. The songs were produced by musician and actor Camill Jammal. [11]
| Year | Title | DE | AT | CH | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Prosecco Piff | With Juse Ju and Popbiz Enemy | |||
| 2011 | Solang früher alles besser war | ||||
| 2013 | Nocebo | With Edgar Wasser | |||
| 2014 | Die Zeit heilt alle Hypes | ||||
| 2015 | Yo, Picasso | 23 (2 wk) | With Dexter | ||
| 2017 | Im Modus | 21 (2 wk) | |||
| 2017 | Alle Liebe nachträglich | 47 (1 wk) | With Mine | ||
| 2019 | Andorra | 9 (3 wk) | 67 (1 wk) | 80 (1 wk) | |
| 2021 | Delirium | 4 (2 wk) | 27 (1 wk) | 80 (1 wk) | With Edgar Wasser |
| 2023 | Wunderbare Welt | 7 (1 wk) | |||
| 2025 | BAWRS | 6 (1 wk) | With Edgar Wasser and Juse Ju |
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