Shindy

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Shindy
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Shindy in 2020
Background information
Birth nameMichael Schindler
Born (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 35)
Bad-Canstadt-Stuttgart, West Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)Rapper
Years active2012–2017, 2019–present
LabelsFriends with Money, ersguterjunge (previously)

Michael Schindler (born 7 September 1988), better known by his stage name Shindy, is a German rapper. He is currently signed to record label Sony Music Entertainment after leaving Friends with Money and ersguterjunge .

Contents

Life and career

1988: Early life

Schindler was born to a German father and a Greek mother. He spent his childhood working in a restaurant run by his Greek grandparents. He began rapping at age 14 and by 16 was noticed by Greek-German rapper Jaysus who invited him to contribute some tracks with him.

2012: Collaborations

In 2012, Shindy was signed to Kay One's label. He gained popular fame through Kay One's album Prince of Belvedair where Shindy was featured on some tracks. Shindy's big popularity came when featured on Kay One's chant in support of the Germany national football team titled "Finale wir kommen". After one more single together, he parted ways in unfriendly terms with Kay One allying himself with Bushido and Bushido's rap label ersguterjunge, [1] at the same time issuing a diss track against Kay One.

2013: NWA and breakthrough

On 21 June 2013, he released the single "Immer immer mehr" with Bushido and Sido, which was followed by the release of his debut album NWA [2] on July 12, 2013, with the initials denoting "Nie wieder arbeiten" (meaning "never work again"). The album topped the German and Austrian charts and reaching Top 3 in Switzerland.

2019: Drama and mainstream popularity

After two years of absence from the media, mainly due to disputes with his old record label Shindy came back with the lead single DODI from his album Drama released later that year. Shortly after he released the songs Road2Goat and Affalterbach. With the release of the single Nautilus on 11 May 2019, Shindy gained much more mainstream recognition. It officially entered the charts on 17 May 2019. The song reached number 2 on the German charts for a week. [3] In 2021 he announced the release of his next studio album In meiner Blüte for November but because he had problems with his label he delayed the release.

2022: Release of Inmeiner Blüte

In 2022 he got signed by Sony Music Entertainment and he announced the release of In meiner Blüte on the end of September and released the two singles Mami Freestyle and Hot Summer but the album was delayed again and later released on the 16. July of 2023.Throughout March and May of 2023 he released the 3 singles Geld machen Jung, Bayern Freestyle and Cent’anni. The album debuted at Top 4 on the German charts. It also had an guest appearance from Nate Dogg on the track How Come?

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborations

Awards and nominations

Results

YearAwardNominationWorkResultRef.
2013HipHop.de AwardsBest Newcomer NationalHimselfWon [4]
2015 Echo Awards Hip-Hop / Urban NationalFVCKB!TCHE$GETMONE¥Nominated [5]
HipHop.de AwardsBest Producer NationalHimself & Bushido, Beatzarre, DjorkaeffWon [6]
Best PunchlineG$DNominated
2016Best Producer NationalHimself & OZNominated [7]
2017 Echo Awards Hip-Hop / Urban NationalDreamsNominated [8]
2019HipHop.de AwardsBest Song NationalDODINominated [9]
Lyricist of the YearHimselfNominated
Best Album NationalDramaNominated
Best LineDODIWon
Bravo Otto Awards Hip-Hop NationalHimselfNominated [10]
Hype AwardsHype VideoDODIWon [11]
Best LineWon
2020HipHop.de AwardsBest Live-Act NationalHimselfNominated [12]
Best Line554Nominated
2022Best Song NationalHot SummerPending [13]
Beat of the YearMami Freestyle(prod. by Efro)Pending

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References

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  2. Bundespruefstelle.de Vorläufige Indizierung der Musik-CD "NWA" des Interpreten "Shindy" Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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