{{Infobox musical artist | name = grim104 | image = Grim104_–_Ackerfestival_2014_02.jpg | caption = Grim104 performing in 2014 | birth_name = Moritz Wilken | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1988}} | birth_place = Zetel, Friesland, Lower Saxony, West Germany | genre = German hip hop, Rap | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 2010–present | label = Buback | associated_acts = Testo, Zugezogen Maskulin, Antilopen Gang }}
'''Moritz Wilken'''<ref>{{cite web |author=Deutschlandfunk.de |url=http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/grim104-rap-ist-in-deutschland-massenkultur.807.de.html?dram:article_id=274300 |title=Rap ist in Deutschland Massenkultur |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref> (born 19 May 1988<ref name="Twitter">{{cite web |author=grim104 |url=https://twitter.com/goldsteinchucky/status/468395865431105536 |title=Twitter |access-date=2014-05-19}}</ref> in Meerbusch),<ref name="Nachrichten">{{cite web |author=Tim Hofmann |url=http://www.freiepresse.de/NACHRICHTEN/KULTUR/Die-Alben-des-Jahres-Platz-1-artikel9074966.php |title="Die Alben des Jahres - Platz 1 - Grim104: "Die Grim-104-EP" |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''grim104''', is a German rapper,<ref name="Xavas">{{cite web |author=Laut.de |url=http://www.laut.de/Grim104/Interviews/Wenn-ich-Xavas-hoere,-werde-ich-wahnsinnig-10-01-2014-1107 |title=Wenn ich Xavas höre, werde ich wahnsinnig |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref> who is signed to the Hamburg label Buback.<ref name="Musikmarkt">{{cite web |author=Musikmarkt.de |url=http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Buback-nimmt-Zugezogen-Maskulin-unter-Vertrag |title=Buback nimmt Zugezogen Maskulin unter Vertrag |access-date=2014-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140312212902/http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Buback-nimmt-Zugezogen-Maskulin-unter-Vertrag |archive-date=2014-03-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Together with the rapper Testo he forms the hip-hop duo Zugezogen Maskulin.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web |author=Interview.de |url=https://interview.de/musik/interview-zugezogen-maskulin |title=Junge Leute beschäftigen sich selten mit Wohlsein und Behaglichkeit |access-date=2014-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317230339/https://interview.de/musik/interview-zugezogen-maskulin |archivedate=2014-03-17 }}</ref>
== Career == Wilken was born in the city of Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1988. At the age of four he moved to the town of Zetel in Lower Saxony.<ref name="Xavas"/> After moving to Berlin in 2007, he completed a voluntary social year in a hospital.<ref name="Freitag">{{cite web |author=Freitag.de |url=http://www.freitag.de/autoren/christine-kaeppeler/ekelhaftes-kalkuel |title=Ekelhaftes Kalkül |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref><ref name="Juice">Januar/Februar-Ausgabe der ''Juice'' (2014) – Seite 31</ref> He then worked as an editor of the 'Polli-Magazins' and in 2010 began an internship at the editorial office of German rap website 'Rap.de' under the direction of journalist Marcus Staiger.<ref name="Interview"/><ref name="Juice"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Polli-magazin.de |url=http://alt.polli-magazin.de/index.php?id=240&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=313&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=239&cHash=83f75594f0 |title=Bis Du König von HipHop bist |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref> It was during this internship that grim104 met fellow hip-hop musician Testo.<ref name="Interview"/> Later they formed the duo Zugezogen Maskulin together.<ref>{{cite web |author=Laut.de |url=http://www.laut.de/Zugezogen-Maskulin |title=Zugezogen Maskulin |access-date=2014-03-12}}</ref> The band name is an allusion to former hip-hop duo Westberlin Maskulin formed in the late 1990s by the rappers Kool Savas and Taktloss.<ref name="Musikmarkt"/> According to a statement by Testo it was also because the term 'zugezogen' (moved to (Berlin) in contrast to being born there) functioned as an insult in the hip-hop scene.<ref name="Freitag"/> With ''Kauft nicht bei Zugezogenen!'' (Do Not Buy From Newcomers!) the duo released their first album in December 2011. This album was offered as a free download.<ref>{{cite web |author=Meinrap.de |url=http://meinrap.de/2011/12/10/zugezogen-maskulin-kauft-nicht-bei-zugezogenen-download/ |title=Zugezogen Maskulin – Kauft nicht bei Zugezogenen (Download) |access-date=2014-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033823/http://meinrap.de/2011/12/10/zugezogen-maskulin-kauft-nicht-bei-zugezogenen-download/ |archive-date=2013-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Autumn 2012 they released a video for their song ''Rotkohl'' (Red Cabbage).<ref>{{cite web |author=Meinrap.de |url=http://meinrap.de/2012/09/16/zugezogen-maskulin-rotkohl-video/ |title=Zugezogen Maskulin – Rotkohl (Video) |access-date=2014-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107222128/http://meinrap.de/2012/09/16/zugezogen-maskulin-rotkohl-video/ |archive-date=2015-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Videos were later also released for ''Entartete Kunst'' (Degenerated Art) and ''Undercut Tumblrblog''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Meinrap.de |url=http://meinrap.de/2011/11/10/zugezogen-maskulin-entartete-kunst-video/ |title=Zugezogen Maskulin – Entartete Kunst (Video) |access-date=2014-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107222104/http://meinrap.de/2011/11/10/zugezogen-maskulin-entartete-kunst-video/ |archive-date=2015-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Meinrap.de |url=http://meinrap.de/2012/03/29/zugezogen-maskulin-undercut-tumblrblog-video/ |title=Zugezogen Maskulin – Undercut Tumblrblog (Video) |access-date=2014-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107231312/http://meinrap.de/2012/03/29/zugezogen-maskulin-undercut-tumblrblog-video/ |archive-date=2015-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On October 31, 2019, Halloween, grim104 released another solo-EP called "Das Grauen, das Grauen".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://juice.de/grim104-das-grauen-das-grauen-review/|title=Grim104 - Das Grauen, Das Grauen // Review|last=Regner|first=David|date=2019-10-31|website=JUICE Magazin|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
== Discography == ;Albums * 2011: ''Kauft nicht bei Zugezogenen!'' (Don't buy from newcomers!) (Free album with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2013: ''Grim104'' * 2019: ''Das Grauen, das Grauen'' * 2022: ''Imperium'' * 2023: ''Ende der Nacht'' * 2026: ''No Country For Old Grim''
;EPs * 2010: ''Zugezogen Maskulin'' (Free EP with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin)
;Singles * 2014: ''Alles brennt'' (Everything burns) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2014: ''Endlich wieder Krieg'' (Finally war again) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2019: ''Graf Grim'' * 2022: ''Numb'' (feat. LGoony) * 2022: ''Komm und Sieh'' * 2022: ''Bam Margera'' * 2022: ''Lächeln'' * 2023: ''Risse'' * 2023: ''Stadtfuchs'' * 2023: ''Ende der Nacht''
;Videos * 2009: ''Dis is wo ich herkomm'' (This is where I come from) * 2011: ''Entartete Kunst'' (Degenerate art) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2012: ''Undercut Tumblrblog'' (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2012: ''Ich töte Anders Breivik'' (I kill Anders Breivik) * 2012: ''Rotkohl'' (Red cabbage) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2012: ''Maskulin Maskulin'' (Masculine Masculine) (with 3Plusss, Donetasy and Testo) * 2013: ''Frosch'' (Frog) * 2013: ''Crystal Meth in Brandenburg'' (Crystal meth in Brandenburg) * 2014: ''2. Mai'' (2 May) * 2014: ''Alles brennt'' (Everything burns) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin) * 2014: ''Endlich wieder Krieg'' (Finally war again) (with Testo as Zugezogen Maskulin)
== External links == {{commons category}} * [http://www.laut.de/Grim104 Grim104 on laut.de] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/3296321-Grim104 Grim104] on Discogs * [http://www.laut.de/Zugezogen-Maskulin Zugezogen Maskulin on laut.de]
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{{Authority control}} Category:1988 births Category:German male rappers Category:German rappers Category:Living people