Sido (rapper)
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Sido in Frankfurt am Main (2011)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Hartmut Würdig |
| Born | 30 November 1980 |
| Origin | Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Germany |
| Genres | Hip-hop |
| Years active | 1997 to present |
| Labels |
Aggro Berlin (2001–2009) Sektenmuzik Universal Music Group (2009-present) |
| Associated acts | B-Tight (A.i.d.S.), Fler, Harris (Deine Lieblings Rapper), Khia, Alpa Gun, Bushido, Tony D, Kitty Kat, Killa Hakan, Dillon Cooper |
| Website | www |
Paul Würdig (born 30 November 1980), better known as Sido, is a German rapper. He interprets his artist name as "super-intelligentes Drogenopfer" (super-intelligent drug victim). It used to stand for "Scheiße in dein Ohr" (shit in your ear), a line from his track Terroarr. Sido is currently signed to Urban/Universal Music Group.
Würdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics. After his breakthrough with his debut album Maske in 2004, Würdig was always seen wearing a silver skull mask. However, as stated in various interviews, since 2005 he no longer wears the mask, having handed it to his former boss Specter.
Würdig's career began in 1997, as one half of duo Royal TS (now A.i.d.S) with B-Tight, both of whom were later signed to the label Berlin hip hop Royal Bunker and then to Aggro Berlin in 2001. As of 2009 Sido is signed to Universal Music Group.
Paul Würdig was born to a German father and a Sinti mother. Würdig stated in an interview with the radio station BigFM that he's one-eighth Iranian. At the age of eight years Sido and his younger sister were brought up by their mother in East Berlin. In 1988, the family moved to West Berlin, where they first lived in emergency accommodation in Wedding along with many asylum seekers. They then moved into Märkisches Viertel, a high-rise residential area in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf. During his childhood and youth, Märkisches Viertel had a high proportion of migrants and low-income families. There he attended the Bettina-von-Arnim-Oberschule and afterwards began an apprenticeship as an educator, which he never completed.
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