The song was also published (with the video slightly censored), for the first time as a single. The album was rereleased under the name "Maske X" with the song "Arschficksong" in replacement of "Endlich Wochenende". The original album was banned because of the song "Endlich Wochenende" ("Finally weekend") which, according to the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, glorified the use of drugs. 18 and the third single "Mama ist stolz" ("Mum is proud") reached No. 13 on the German charts, the second single "Fuffies im Club" ("€50 notes in the club") reached No. The lead single "Mein Block" ("My hood") reached No. 3 on the German charts and selling more than 180,000 copies to date, achieving gold status. In 2004, Sido's debut album Maske was released, reaching No. 1 and the "Weihnachtssong" ("Christmas song") on Aggro Ansage Nr. Sido's solo career began in 2002 with the "Arschficksong" ("Ass-fuck song") on the sampler Aggro Ansage Nr. Sido's mask on the cover of the premium edition of Ich At a concert the duo got the attention of Halil, Specter and Spaiche - the later founders of the Aggro Berlin label. Specter was art director for DJ Tomekk at that time. The two made a dubplate from Arschficksong and DJ Tomekk played them in clubs all over Germany, presenting Sido to a wider audience for the first time. Sido had been friends with DJ Tomekk for a long time. Together with his best friend B-Tight he released several EPs and demos under the name Royal TS, which were never officially published, at the Berlin underground hip hop label Royal Bunker. Sido has been active in the music business since 1997. There he attended the Bettina-von-Arnim-Oberschule and afterwards began an apprenticeship as an educator, which he never completed.Ĭareer 1997–2002: Early career During his childhood and youth, Märkisches Viertel had a high proportion of migrants and low-income families. They then moved into Märkisches Viertel, a high-rise residential area in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf. In 1988, the family moved to West Berlin, where they first lived in emergency accommodation in Wedding along with many asylum seekers.
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At the age of eight, he and his younger sister were brought up by their mother in East Berlin in the Prenzlauer Berg neighbourhood. Würdig was born to a German father and a Sinti mother. 2.5 2008: Ich und meine Maske and Popstars.