Summary
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.
Shindy | |
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 Shindy in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Schindler |
| Born | 7 September 1988 Bad-Canstadt-Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 2012–2017, 2019–present |
| Labels | Friends with Money, ersguterjunge (previously) |
Life and career edit
1988: Early life edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 In meiner Blüte edit
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 edit
Studio albums edit
- NWA (2013)
- NWA 2.0 (2013)
- FVCKB!TCHES$GETMONE¥ (2014)
- Dreams (2016)
- Drama (2019)
- In meiner Blüte (2023)
Collaborations edit
- CLA$$IC (with Bushido) (2015)
Awards and nominations edit
Results edit
| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Newcomer National | Himself | Won | [4] |
| 2015 | Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban National | FVCKB!TCHE$GETMONE¥ | Nominated | [5] |
| HipHop.de Awards | Best Producer National | Himself & Bushido, Beatzarre, Djorkaeff | Won | [6] | |
| Best Punchline | G$D | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Best Producer National | Himself & OZ | Nominated | [7] | |
| 2017 | Echo Awards | Hip-Hop / Urban National | Dreams | Nominated | [8] |
| 2019 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Song National | DODI | Nominated | [9] |
| Lyricist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Best Album National | Drama | Nominated | |||
| Best Line | DODI | Won | |||
| Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop National | Himself | Nominated | [10] | |
| Hype Awards | Hype Video | DODI | Won | [11] | |
| Best Line | Won | ||||
| 2020 | HipHop.de Awards | Best Live-Act National | Himself | Nominated | [12] |
| Best Line | 554 | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Best Song National | Hot Summer | Pending | [13] | |
| Beat of the Year | Mami Freestyle (prod. by Efro) | Pending |
References edit
- ^ HipHop.de: Shindy offenbar bei Bushido / ersguterjunge gesignt (in German)
- ^ Bundespruefstelle.de Vorläufige Indizierung der Musik-CD "NWA" des Interpreten "Shindy" Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ "Shindy: Nautilus". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ HHRedaktion. "Hiphop.de Awards 2013 - Die Gewinner". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "ECHO 2014: Die Gewinner und ihre Awards". www.schlagerplanet.com (in German). 2 April 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Meister, Saskia. "Hiphop.de Awards 2015: Die Gewinner!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Meister, Saskia. "Hiphop.de Awards 2016: Die Gewinner!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Echo 2017: alle Gewinner auf einen Blick". Rolling Stone (in German). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ HHRedaktion. "Hiphop.de Awards 2019: Alle Gewinner auf einen Blick!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "BRAVO-Otto-Wahl 2019: Vote für deinen Star! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "HYPEAWARDS 2019 – in Berlin" (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ HHRedaktion. "Hiphop.de Awards 2020: Alle Gewinner*innen auf einen Blick". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Senger, Clark. "Das Voting - Hiphop.de Awards 2022". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.