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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 ersguterjunge.

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Shindy
Shindy in 2020
Background information
Birth name	Michael Schindler
Born	(1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 33) Bietigheim-Bissingen, West Germany
Genres	Gangsta rap, trap, german rap, rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	2012–2017, 2019–present
Labels	Friends with Money, ersguterjunge (previously)

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'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 German 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

On 21 June 2013, he released the single "Immer immer mehr" with Bushido and Sido, followed on 12 July 2013 with the debut album NWA[2] 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.[3]

Discography

Studio albums

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

Collaborations

• CLA$$IC (with Bushido) (2015)

Awards and nominations

Results

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 ("Rapper reden über Muskeln oder Brustumfang / Ich bin so ein Sklave, ich muss Benz fahren aus Gruppenzwang")	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 ("Interessant, du hast Shindy gemacht? / Mashallah, mach nochmal")	Won
	Bravo Otto Awards	Hip-Hop National	Himself	Nominated	[10]
	Hype Awards	Hype Video	DODI	Won	[11]
		Best Line	DODI ("Interessant, du hast Shindy gemacht? / Mashallah, mach nochmal")	Won
2020	HipHop.de Awards	Best Live-Act National	Himself	Nominated	[12]
		Best Line	554 ("Beats im iPod, Geschichtslehrer f*ckt Kopf / Schreib' Geschichten in Geschichte, die Geschichte schreiben / Wie viel Geschichte wollen sie noch?")	Nominated

References

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