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The rapper Sun Diego dressed as a gangster in yellow wearing a bandana and a Jewish star symbol
Sun Diego (2017)

Sun Diego[1] (Born 17 March 1989[2] in Czernowitz, Ukraine SSR, USSR, now Ukraine, real name Dmitrij Aleksandrovic Chpakov[3][4]) is a German rapper of Ukrainian-Jewish origin[5] from Osnabrück. He is known primarily through his activities as a battle rap artist under the formerly anonymous alias of SpongeBOZZ, a gangster rap parody of SpongeBob Squarepants.[6] Since 2017, Chpakov primarily performs under the stage name Sun Diego using his natural voice instead of as SpongeBOZZ.[3]

Life[edit]

Childhood and youth[edit]

Dmitrij Aleksandrovic Chpakov was born on 17 March 1989 in Czernowitz which at that time was still part of the Ukrainian SSR. His mother was a professional musician, and according to Chpakov, his father was an alcoholic whom he never met. In 1992, his mother moved to Germany from Ukraine for personal reasons and because of the Chernobyl disaster, taking him and his grandmother with her.[7] Initially, they went to Berlin but later moved to a refugee shelter in Osnabrück.[8] According to his autobiography, they moved to Osnabrück-Eversburg in 1993 after his mother started a relationship with a former Yugoslavian military officer who was also involved in dealing drugs. According to his own statements, the relationship was marked by violence. Chpakov claims that as a result, he himself got involved in the criminal underworld. He describes how, after dropping out of school, he committed large-scale cellphone fraud and identity theft together with a youth gang.[4]

Beginning of rap career[edit]

In December 2004, Chpakov participated in his first rap battle on the website Reimliga Battle Arena (RBA) under the name "Capri_Sonne," which, however, was not scored. He participated in 20 battles in RBA, winning 9 of them.[9] In July 2008, Chpakov and John Webber founded the music label Moneyrain Entertainment. Both released the EP Ruski Tape in the same year, which brought them some minor recognition. The rapper Kollegah, with whom Chpakov claimed to have had an online friendship since participating in RBA, featured him on the second sampler from Selfmade Records, Chronik 2 (2009).[4] Sun Dieg was a guest feature on the song G's sterben jung. In December of the same year, he again took a guest part on Kollegah's Zuhältertape Volume 3. The recordings for Bossaura took place in Sun Diego's hometown of Osnabrück.[10] Before that, him and Kollegah had set up a joint studio.[11]

As SpongeBOZZ[edit]

Sun Diego first appeared as SpongeBOZZ in March 2013. That year, he participated in the "JuliensBlogBattle [de]" (JBB) and won both the 2013 competition and the "King-Finale" in 2013 against the previous year's winner 4tune [de], as well as the "King-Finale" in 2014 against the JBB 2014 winner Gio (rapper) [de].[12][permanent dead link] Sun Diego's contribution to the JBB King-Finale 2014 against Gio, which consisted of an almost 35-minute diss track, received considerable attention.[13][14][15] In November 2014, Chpakov announced his first studio album, Planktonweed Tape.[16] The album was initially supposed to be released on 20 March, but the release date was postponed to 17 April 2015.[12] He stated that he had to pause the recordings for health reasons.[17] Planktonweed Tape was eventually released on 17 April 2015, through his own label Bikini Bottom Mafia. On 28 April 2015, GfK Entertainment announced that Planktonweed Tape had entered the German charts at number one.[18] Two days later, Chpakov announced that the album was to be indexed by the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors due to the song A.C.A.B. (an acronym for All Cops Are Bastards).[19] The indexing became legally binding on September 30, 2015.[20]

On 9 January 2017, Chpakov released the double single Started from the Bottom/Apocalyptic Infinity and announced his second studio album, Started from the Bottom/KrabbenKoke Tape, which was eventually released on 9 June 2017, and reached number 2 on the German charts. He also confirmed the rumors that the persona SpongeBOZZ was Sun Diego.

After SpongeBOZZ[edit]

Discography[edit]

Identity[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Sun Diego, Dennis Sand: Yellow Bar Mitzvah: Die sieben Pforten vom Moloch zum Ruhm. riva Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7423-0571-8.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sand, Dennis (11 June 2017). "SpongeBOZZ – Ein Schwamm führt ganz Deutschrap vor" [SpongeBOZZ - a sponge shows up all of Deutschrap]. DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ^ Kielmann, Jonas (15 January 2017). "Sun Diego: Vom gehassten Autotune-Rapper zum Battle-King SpongeBozz" [Sun Diego: From a hated autotune-rapper to battle-king SpongeBozz]. Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b Sand, Dennis (12 June 2017). "Spongebozz: Warum Sun Diego Deutschlands bester Rapper ist" [Spongebozz: Why Sun Diego is Germany's best rapper]. DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Sun Diego; Sand, Dennis (2018). Yellow Bar Mitzvah: die sieben Pforten vom Moloch zum Ruhm (in German) (Originalausgabe, 1. Auflage ed.). München: riva. ISBN 978-3-7423-0571-8.
  5. ^ Kapitelman, Dmitrij (11 March 2018). ""Yellow Bar Mitzwa" von SpongeBozz: "Ich bin halt ein Judenrapper, mein Gott"" ["Yellow Bar Mitzvah" from SpongeBozz: "I am just a Jewish rapper, my god"]. Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ Cuttack (13 May 2015). "Review: Spongebozz – Planktonweed". Rappers.in (in German). Archived from the original on 15 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Gangstarapper: Waffen bei Sun Diego in Studio gefunden" [Gangstarapper: Weapons found at Sun Diego's studio]. DIE WELT (in German). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  8. ^ Nowotny, Konstantin (19 March 2018). "Im Kampf mit »Ha-Satan«" [In the fight with "Ha-Satan"]. Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Battleübersicht von Capri_sonne". r-b-a.de. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.
  10. ^ Lindemann, Jonas (19 January 2019). "Kollegah: Wie damals die Zusammenarbeit mit Sun Diego zustande kam". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Interview: Kollegah über "Flex, Sluts & Rock N Roll"". 16BARS.de (in German). 17 August 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  12. ^ a b "SpongeBozz: Ein böser Schwamm greift nach der Rap-Herrschaft". N24.
  13. ^ Romero, Armando (3 October 2020). "Sun Diego legt seine Einnahmen als Spongebozz offen". Raptastisch (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  14. ^ Senger, Clark (27 December 2014). "SpongeBozz vs. Gio (JBB King-Finale)". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  15. ^ Wußmann, Julius (27 February 2018). ""Ich habe gerappt wie ein Behinderter" – Das SpongeBOZZ-Buch in 7 Zitaten". Vice (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Spongebozz: "Planktonweed" (Artikel)". Pusha TV. 7 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018.
  17. ^ Meister, Saskia (9 March 2015). "SpongeBozz verschiebt Release Date von "Planktonweed Tape"". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Spongebozz rappt sich auf Platz eins der Album-Charts". GfK Entertainment (in German). 28 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  19. ^ Levante, Yannick (30 April 2015). "Nummer-1-Album von SpongeBozz soll indiziert werden". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Suchergebnis – Bundesanzeiger". www.bundesanzeiger.de. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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