Grim104

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Grim104 performing in 2014
Background information
Born
Moritz Wilken

19 May 1988 (1988-05-19) (age 37)
Zetel, Friesland, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Genres German hip hop, Rap
Occupation Rapper
Years active2010–present
LabelsBuback

Moritz Wilken [1] (born 19 May 1988 [2] in Meerbusch), [3] better known by his stage name grim104, is a German rapper, [4] who is signed to the Hamburg label Buback. [5] Together with the rapper Testo he forms the hip-hop duo Zugezogen Maskulin. [6]

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Career

Wilken was born in the city of Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1988. At the age of four he moved to the town of Zetel in Lower Saxony. [4] After moving to Berlin in 2007, he completed a voluntary social year in a hospital. [7] [8] He then worked as an editor of the 'Polli-Magazins' and in 2010 began an internship at the editorial office of German rap website 'Rap.de' under the direction of journalist Marcus Staiger. [6] [8] [9] It was during this internship that grim104 met fellow hip-hop musician Testo. [6] Later they formed the duo Zugezogen Maskulin together. [10] The band name is an allusion to former hip-hop duo Westberlin Maskulin formed in the late 1990s by the rappers Kool Savas and Taktloss. [5] According to a statement by Testo it was also because the term 'zugezogen' (moved to (Berlin) in contrast to being born there) functioned as an insult in the hip-hop scene. [7] With Kauft nicht bei Zugezogenen! (Do Not Buy From Newcomers!) the duo released their first album in December 2011. This album was offered as a free download. [11] In Autumn 2012 they released a video for their song Rotkohl (Red Cabbage). [12] Videos were later also released for Entartete Kunst (Degenerated Art) and Undercut Tumblrblog. [13] [14]

On 31 October 2019, Halloween, grim104 released another solo-EP called "Das Grauen, das Grauen". [15]

Discography

Albums
EPs
Singles
Videos

References

  1. ↑ Deutschlandfunk.de. "Rap ist in Deutschland Massenkultur" . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  2. ↑ grim104. "Twitter" . Retrieved 2014-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Tim Hofmann. ""Die Alben des Jahres - Platz 1 - Grim104: "Die Grim-104-EP"" . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  4. 1 2 Laut.de. "Wenn ich Xavas höre, werde ich wahnsinnig" . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  5. 1 2 Musikmarkt.de. "Buback nimmt Zugezogen Maskulin unter Vertrag". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  6. 1 2 3 Interview.de. "Junge Leute beschäftigen sich selten mit Wohlsein und Behaglichkeit". Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  7. 1 2 Freitag.de. "Ekelhaftes Kalkül" . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  8. 1 2 Januar/Februar-Ausgabe der Juice (2014) – Seite 31
  9. ↑ Polli-magazin.de. "Bis Du König von HipHop bist" . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  10. ↑ Laut.de. "Zugezogen Maskulin" . Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  11. ↑ Meinrap.de. "Zugezogen Maskulin – Kauft nicht bei Zugezogenen (Download)". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  12. ↑ Meinrap.de. "Zugezogen Maskulin – Rotkohl (Video)". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  13. ↑ Meinrap.de. "Zugezogen Maskulin – Entartete Kunst (Video)". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  14. ↑ Meinrap.de. "Zugezogen Maskulin – Undercut Tumblrblog (Video)". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  15. ↑ Regner, David (2019-10-31). "Grim104 - Das Grauen, Das Grauen // Review". JUICE Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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