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

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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 Kenneth Glöckler (born 7 September 1984) is a German rapper known as Kay One. He is also known as Prince Kay One. Life and career 1984–2006: Early life, Royal Bunker and German Dream Kay One was born in Friedrichshafen as second son ...

'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

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titled "Finale wir kommen". After one more single together, he parted ways in unfriendly terms with Kay One allying himself with

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and Bushido's rap label

, at the same time issuing a

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against Kay One.

2013: ''NWA'' and breakthrough

On 21 June 2013, he released the single "Immer immer mehr" with

and Sido, followed on 12 July 2013 with the debut album ''NWA'' 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.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''NWA'' (2013) * ''NWA 2.0'' (2013) * ''FVCKB!TCHES$GETMONE¥'' (2014) * ''Dreams'' (2016) * ''Drama'' (2019)

Collaborations

* ''CLA$$IC'' (with

) (2015)

Awards and nominations

Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shindy 1988 births Living people German people of Greek descent German rappers People from Bietigheim-Bissingen