Ski Aggu
{{Short description|German rapper (born 1997)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ski Aggu
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| caption = Ski Aggu performing in 2023
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|11|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
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| years_active = 2018–present
| occupations = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- rapper
- singer
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August Jean Diederich (born 3 November 1997),{{cite web |access-date=2022-11-17 |language=de |title=Ski Aggu: Von der Afterhour zur Wahlparty {{!}}{{!}} PULS Musikanalyse |website=YouTube |date=17 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtkTQ0-Ld0}}{{cite web |access-date=2023-05-29 |language=de |title=August Jean Diederich, Berlin |url=https://www.northdata.de/Diederich,+August+Jean,+Berlin/1clt |work=Northdata}}[https://www.handelsregister.de/ Handelsregister.de], Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 252515 B, Chronological Excerpt, Retrieved 12 August 2023 is a German musician, rapper, and singer. Diederich uses the stage name Ski Aggu. He is known for wearing ski goggles and a tracksuit.
Ski Aggu has released three albums: 2022 war film gewesen (2022), denk mal drüber nach... (2023) and Wilmersdorfs Kind (2024).{{Cite web |title=Release "2022 war film gewesen" by Ski Aggu – MusicBrainz |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/77f974d7-5bab-4198-a219-86ee9d44a54b |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=musicbrainz.org}}{{Cite web |title=denk mal drüber nach... |url=https://www.umusicpub.com/de/Digital-Music-Library/album/132758/denk-mal-druber-nach |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=www.umusicpub.com}} A number of his singles have reached music charts in numerous countries in Europe.{{Cite web |title=Ski Aggu – Music Charts |url=https://acharts.co/artist/ski_aggu#songs |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=acharts.co}}
Early life
August Jean Diederich grew up in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.{{cite web |access-date=2023-08-29 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230308192030/https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article237768757/rapper-ski-aggu-interview-bundeskanzler-plaene.html |date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live |title=What Rapper Ski Aggu Plans to Do If He Becomes Chancellor |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article237768757/rapper-ski-aggu-interview-bundeskanzler-plaene.html |work=Berliner Morgenpost}} His grandfather is the SPD politician and political scientist Nils Diederich.{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-06 |author=Moritz Kreimeier |date=February 2024 |language=de |publisher=Förderverein OSI-Zeitung e. V |title=What is Nils Diederich Doing Now? – How Ski Aggu's Grandfather Launched the Wahl-O-Mat |url=https://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/polwiss/news/_Dateien_News/OSI-Zeitung-Ausgabe-27.pdf |work=OSI-Zeitung}}
According to himself, he lived in Ireland for a while, where he intensively pursued the martial art Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and eventually became the Irish champion in his weight class. Martial arts also feature in his online presence and music videos in the form of poses. Outside of music, Diederich follows the football clubs Hertha BSC, Napoli and Celtic FC, and has been seen in these teams jerseys. {{cite web |access-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230724141201/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/es-steckt-auch-ein-proll-in-mir-wie-der-berliner-kiezrapper-ski-aggu-aus-wilmersdorf-tickt-8853184.html |archive-date=2023-07-24 |author=Alexander Kloß |date=2022-11-27 |url-status=live |title="There is Also a Brash Guy in Me"– How the Berlin Neighbourhood Rapper Ski Aggu from Wilmersdorf Ticks |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/es-steckt-auch-ein-proll-in-mir-wie-der-berliner-kiezrapper-ski-aggu-aus-wilmersdorf-tickt-8853184.html |work=Der Tagesspiegel}}
Music career
Ski Aggu began releasing music on SoundCloud in 2018. His early work already focused on partying, though the tone was darker and more melancholic. Ritter Lean frequently appeared on his tracks.
He released his first single Weißwein & Pappbecher in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite AV media |access-date=2022-06-08 |language=de |title=Interview with Ski Aggu |publisher=Livria Club |via=YouTube |date=15 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UUwJRRx0Qw}} Since then, he has been releasing new tracks regularly. His second song, Super Wavy, a collaboration with YFG Pave, remained his most streamed song on Spotify until the release of Party Sahne in 2022.
After some club concerts from summer 2021, Ski Aggu performed at several festivals in the German-speaking region a year later, such as the {{ill|Heroes Festival|de}} in Geiselwind,{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-26 |language=en |title=Heroes Festival (Geiselwind) |url=https://www.jambase.com/festival/heroes-festival-geiselwind-2022}} splash!,{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-26 |author=Till Hesterbrink |language=de |title=Splash Festival Announces Line-Up for 2022 |url=https://hiphop.de/magazin/news/aap-rocky-katja-krasavice-co-splash-2022-gibt-line-up-bekannt-401392}} Poolbar Festival and Frequency.{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-26 |date=2022-08-08 |language=de |title=FM4 Frequency Festival 2022: All the Information You Need |url=https://fm4.orf.at/stories/3026518/}} For the track Hubba Bubba released in 2022, he collaborated with Berlin music producer Southstar.{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-21 |author=Micha Wagner |date=2022-09-10 |language=de |title=With Production by Southstar: Ski Aggu Chews "Hubba Bubba" |url=https://diffusmag.de/p/mit-produktion-von-southstar-ski-aggu-kaut-hubba-bubba/ |work=DIFFUS}}
He achieved his breakthrough in October 2022 with the song Party Sahne, featuring producers {{ill|Endzone (music producer)|de|Endzone (Musikproduzent)|lt=Endzone}} and Ericson. The song, which samples the melody from Jerk It Out by the Swedish band Caesars, reached number 32 on the German Singles Chart.{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-21 |date=2022-10-09 |language=de |title=Ski Aggu, Endzone & Ericson – Party Sahne |url=https://musikfreitag.com/2022/10/09/ski-aggu-endzone-ericson-party-sahne/}} In November and December 2022, Ski Aggu played his first tour, Aprés Ski, in many major cities in the German-speaking region.{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-26 |author=Eventim |language=de |title=Ski Aggu – Aprés Ski Tour 2022 |url=https://www.eventim.de/artist/ski-aggu/ |work=Eventim}}
On 2 December 2022, Ski Aggu released his debut album 2022 war Film gewesen, which includes four new songs.{{cite web |access-date=2023-01-10 |author=Michael Herzog |language=de |title=Ski Aggu – 2022 war film gewesen |url=https://hiphop.de/ski-aggu-2022-war-film-gewesen |work=hiphop.de}} Yannik Gölz from Laut.de wrote that Ski Aggu has an ear for vibes and knows that he does not have to spell out the impact of his music. Some songs seemed sketchy, but overall, there is "too much good music to ignore," making 2022 war Film gewesen "a quite interesting statement." The reviewer gave it four out of five stars.{{cite web |access-date=2023-01-10 |author=Yannik Gölz |language=de |title=Beats on Uppers, Rap on Downers. |url=https://www.laut.de/Ski-Aggu/Alben/2022-War-Film-Gewesen-119822 |work=Laut.de}}
On 25 May 2023, the single Friesenjung was released in collaboration with Dutch rapper Joost Klein and comedian Otto Waalkes. The song is a reinterpretation of Waalkes' original and reached number one on the singles charts in Germany and Austria.{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-2375944 |title=Ski Aggu, Joost & Otto Waalkes – Friesenjung |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=8 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Ski+Aggu%2C+Joost+%26+Otto+Waalkes&titel=Friesenjung&cat=s |title=Ski Aggu, Joost & Otto Waalkes – Friesenjung |publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40 |access-date=8 July 2024}} The single appeared on his second album Denk mal drüber nach... which he released later that year.{{Cite web |last=Herzog |first=Michael |date=2023-10-13 |title=Ski Aggu - Denk mal drüber nach... |url=https://hiphop.de/ski-aggu-denk-mal-drueber-nach |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Hiphop.de |language=de-DE}}
Ski Aggu released his third studio album on 30 August 2024, Wilmersdorfs Kind, which consists of 17 tracks.{{Cite web |title=Wilmersdorfs Kind by Ski Aggu |url=https://genius.com/albums/Ski-aggu/Wilmersdorfs-kind |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Genius |language=en}} A number of singles featured on the album reached charts in Germany, including "Balla Balla", "DEUTSCHLAND 🇩🇪" in collaboration with German artist Ikkimel, as well as "Bye x3" with German pop group {{ill|Jeremias (band)|de|Jeremias (Band)|lt=Jeremias}}.
Discography
= Studio albums =
= Singles =
== Charted singles ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of charting singles, with selected peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="9" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album or EP | |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | LAT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | LTU
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | POL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | SWE ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | WW | |
|---|---|
| scope="row" | "{{ill|Party Sahne|de}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Endzone (music producer)|de|Endzone (Musikproduzent)|lt=Endzone}} and Ericson)}} | rowspan="2" | 2022 | 32 || 47 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| rowspan="2" | 2022 war Film gewesen | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Tour de Berlin|i=no}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Domiziana|de}} and Replay Okay)}} | 58 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Broker|i=no}}" {{small|(with Dauner)}} | rowspan="8" | 2023 | 50 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="8" | Denk mal drüber nach... | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Mandala|i=no}}"
| 45 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "Friesenjung" {{small|(with Joost Klein and Otto Waalkes)}} | 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 18 || 84 || 100 || 7 || 115 |
| |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Mietfrei|i=no}}" {{small|(with Sira)}} | 5 || 22 || — || — || — || — || — || 36 || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Theater★|i=no}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Soho Bani|de}})}} | 5 || 7 || — || — || — || — || — || 20 || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Gensehaut|i=no}}"
| 24 || 41 || — || — || — || — || — || 81 || — | | |
| scope="row" | "Maximum Rizz"
| 18 || 34 || — || — || — || — || — || 71 || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Nicht nachmachen | |i=no}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Monk (rapper)|de|Monk (Rapper)|lt=Monk}} and {{ill|Longus Mongus|de}})}} | 14 || 19 || — || — || — || — || — || 44 || — | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Z0rnig|i=no}}"
| rowspan="9" | 2024 | 1 || 12 || — || — || — || — || — || 52 || — | | rowspan="4" | Wilmersdorfs Kind | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Balla Balla|i=no}}"
| 55 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Deutschland 🇩🇪|i=no}}" {{small|(with Ikkimel)}} | 18 || 26 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Abgelenkt|i=no}}"
| 44 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Flasche kreist|i=no}}" {{small|(with 01099)}} | 23 || 50 || — || — || — || — || — || 51 || — | | Kinder der Nacht | |
| scope="row" | "Bye x3" {{small|(with {{ill|Jeremias (band)|de|Jeremias (Band)|lt=Jeremias}})}} | 40 || 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2" | Wilmersdorfs Kind | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Immer|i=no}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Makko (rapper)|de|Makko|lt=Makko}})}} | 5 || 9 || — || — || — || — || — || 34 || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Belohnen|i=no}}" {{small|(with Filly, Bausa, and Bunt.)}} | 44 || 60 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Kein|i=no}} DJ"
| 88 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "NPCs" {{small|(with Ritter Lean)}} | rowspan="5" | 2025 | 75 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Stell dir vor | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Übersee freistil|i=no}}"
| 69 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}} | |
| scope="row" | "Germany" {{small|(with Dauner and Ikkimel featuring Barré)}} | 77 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "Palermo"
| 26 || 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Jung und laut|i=no}}" {{small|(with {{ill|Badchieff|de}} and {{ill|Sira (music producer)|de|Sira (Musikproduzent)|lt=Sira}})}} | 71 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
== As featured artist ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15.5em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album or EP |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | LUX ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | SWI |
|---|
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Kosmonauten|i=no}}" {{small|({{ill|Bibiza|de}} featuring Ski Aggu)}} | 2021 | — || — || — || — | | Zwei Zöpfe auf dem Kopf |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Blau|i=no}}" {{small|(OMG featuring Ski Aggu)}} | 2022 | — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Ghetto Tekkno|i=no}}" {{small|({{ill|Endzone (music producer)|de|Endzone (Musikproduzent)|lt=Endzone}} featuring Ski Aggu)}} | rowspan="4" | 2023 | 88 || — || — || — | | Welcome to the Endzone |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Anders|i=no}}" {{small|(01099 featuring Ski Aggu)}} | 9 || 18 || — || 25 |
| Blaue Stunden |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Liebe Grüsse|i=no}}" {{small|(RAF Camora featuring Ski Aggu)}} | 1 || 1 || 19 || 2 |
| XV RR Edition |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Huso|i=no}}" {{small|(Ritter Lean featuring Ski Aggu)}} | 51 || — || — || — | | Ob ein Atze fliegen kann |
| scope="row" | "{{ill|Schwarzer Toyota|de}}" {{small|({{ill|Skrt Cobain|de}} featuring Ski Aggu and Mark Forster)}} | rowspan="4" | 2024 | 9 || 11 || — || 55 | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "{{ill|Wie du manchmal fehlst|de}}" {{small|(Zartmann featuring Ski Aggu and Dauner)}} | 6 || 13 || — || 31 | | Dafür bin ich frei |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Junge Baller|i=no}}" {{small|({{ill|6PM Records|de}} featuring Ski Aggu, {{ill|Haaland936|de}}, and Sira)}} | 4 || 8 || — || 21 | | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" | "{{ill|Pa aufs Maul|de}}" {{small|(Stefan Raab featuring Sido and Ski Aggu)}} | 84 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Atzen & Barbies" {{small|(Shirin David featuring Ski Aggu)}} | rowspan="2" | 2025 | 3 || 6 || — || 20 | | Schlau aber blond |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Bissu dumm¿|i=no}} Megalodon Remix" {{small|(Bonez MC featuring Ski Aggu and various artists)}} | 8 || 15 || — || 19 | | {{Non-album single}} |
| colspan="8" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
== Other singles ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album or EP |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Weißwein & Pappbecher|i=no}}"
| rowspan="2" | 2020 | rowspan="9" {{Non-album singles}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Super Wavy" {{small|(with YFG Pave)}} |
| scope="row" | "Ski Aggu Typebeat"
| rowspan="7" | 2021 |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Früchtetee (mit Honig)|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Privnote|i=no}}" {{small|(with Seza)}} |
| scope="row" | "Float Away" {{small|(with GB Conte)}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Schachbrett|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Skpaden|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Gustav|i=no}}" {{small|(with Prodbypengg)}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Partyticker|i=no}}"
| rowspan="5" | 2022 | rowspan="5" | 2022 war Film gewesen |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Makrodosis|i=no}}" {{small|(with Dj Schinkensuppe)}} |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Acid Kotti|i=no}}" |
| scope="row" | "Hubba Bubba" |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Besoffen in den Spiegel schauen|i=no}}" {{small|(with Drumla)}} |
= Other charted songs =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album or EP | |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | SWI | |
|---|---|
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Nicht nachmachen | |i=no}}" {{small|(featuring {{ill|Longus Mongus|de}} and {{ill|Monk (rapper)|de|Monk (Rapper)|lt=Monk}})}} | rowspan="2" | 2023 | 14 || 19 || 44 | rowspan="2" | Denk mal drüber nach... |
| scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Kappies im Slip|i=no}}" {{small|(featuring DBBD and Shoki)}} | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Kappies im Slip" did not enter the official German Top 100 Singles chart, but peaked at No. 5 on the German Single Trending Charts.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.de/info/kj3m94/single-trending-charts |title=Offiziele Deutsche Charts – Single Trending Charts – Aktualisiert am: 03.11.2023 |website=mtv.de |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=22 January 2025 |lang=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106172045/https://www.mtv.de/info/kj3m94/single-trending-charts |archive-date=6 November 2023 |url-status=dead}}}} || — || — | |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Notes
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