Moritz Wilken (born 19 May 1988 in

Meerbusch Meerbusch () is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography Meerbusch is a town in ...

), better known by his stage name grim104, is a German

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

, who is signed to the Hamburg label Buback. Together with the rapper Testo he forms the hip-hop duo

Zugezogen Maskulin Zugezogen Maskulin is a German rap duo, formed by grim104 and Testo in Berlin. They are signed to the Hamburg label Buback. means 'newcomers' and the name is a reference to the fact that both members of the group are newcomers to Berlin, as w ...

Career

Moritz Wilken was born in the city of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

, in 1988. At the age of four he moved to the town of

Zetel Zetel is a municipality in the district of Friesland, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven, and 12 km west of Varel. Zetel is twinned with the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scot ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. After moving to Berlin in 2007, he completed a

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in a hospital.Januar/Februar-Ausgabe der ''Juice'' (2014) – Seite 31 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. It was during this internship that grim104 met fellow hip-hop musician Testo. Later they formed the duo

together. The band name is an allusion to former hip-hop duo Westberlin Maskulin formed in the late 1990s by the rappers

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and

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. 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. 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. In Autumn 2012 they released a video for their song ''Rotkohl'' (Red Cabbage). Videos were later also released for ''Entartete Kunst'' (Degenerated Art) and ''Undercut Tumblrblog''. On October 31st 2019,

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, grim104 released another solo-EP called "Das Grauen, das Grauen".

Discography

;Albums * 2011: ''Kauft nicht bei Zugezogenen!'' (Don't buy from newcomers!) (Free album with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2013: ''Grim104 '' * 2019: ''Das Grauen, das Grauen'' ;EPs * 2010: ''Zugezogen Maskulin'' (Free EP with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) ;Singles * 2014: ''Alles brennt'' (Everything burns) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2014: ''Endlich wieder Krieg'' (Finally war again) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) ;Videos * 2009: ''Dis is wo ich herkomm'' (This is where I come from) * 2011: ''Entartete Kunst'' (Degenerate art) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2012: ''Undercut Tumblrblog'' (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2012: ''Ich töte Anders Breivik'' (I kill Anders Breivik) * 2012: ''Rotkohl'' (Red cabbage) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2012: ''Maskulin Maskulin'' (Masculine Masculine) (with 3Plusss, Donetasy and Testo) * 2013: ''Frosch'' (Frog) * 2013: ''Crystal Meth in Brandenburg'' (Crystal meth in Brandenburg) * 2014: ''2. Mai'' (2 May) * 2014: ''Alles brennt'' (Everything burns) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2014: ''Endlich wieder Krieg'' (Finally war again) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin)

External links

Grim104 on laut.de

Grim104
on

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Zugezogen Maskulin on laut.de

References

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