Sido

Paul Hartmut W├╝rdig (born 30 November 1980), better known as Sido, is a German rapper. The name "Sido" is an abbreviation which stands for "superintelligentes Drogenopfer" ("super intelligent drug victim") or "Schei├[]e in dein Ohr" ("shit in your ear") in earlier times. W├╝rdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics. After his breakthrough with his debut album Maske in 2004, W├╝rdig was often seen wearing a silver skull mask until 2008. Since then he made no use of the mask anymore and, as he has stated in various interviews, handed it to his former boss Specter. W├╝rdig's career began in 1997, as one half of duo Royal TS (now A.i.d.S), with B-Tight and both got later signed to Berlin hip hop label Royal Bunker and then to Aggro Berlin in 2001.