{{short description|Austrian rap-singer (born 1981)}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Money Boy | honorific_suffix = | image = 2015-09-03 7345 Money Boy.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = yes | alt = | caption = Money Boy performing in 2015 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Sebastian Meisinger | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|06|27}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | origin = Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna | genre = {{flatlist| * Hip hop * pop * trap * pop rap * rock }} | occupations = {{flatlist| * Rapper * singer }} | instrument = | years_active = 2010−present | label = Swag City Clique | associated_acts = {{hlist|Spinning 9|Hustensaft Jüngling|Keewee|LGoony|Medikamenten Manfred}} | website = {{URL|https://www.gloupdinerogang.com/}} | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Sebastian Meisinger''' (born June 27, 1981 in Vienna), better known by his stage name '''Money Boy''', is an Austrian rapper and singer. He became famous with his hit "Dreh den Swag auf".
==Biography== Money Boy grew up in the 15th district of Vienna, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. By 2008, he studied journalism and communication at the University of Vienna. He graduated with the degree Magister philosophiae. His master's thesis was about gangsta rap in Germany. Before starting with rap, he played basketball for a long time. He initially wrote his lyrics in English. After his first public title, ''Ching, Chang, Chung'', Money Boy caught attention in late summer 2010 after publishing his cover Version of Soulja Boy's ''Turn My Swag On''; ''Dreh den Swag auf''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} thumb|''Dreh den Swag auf'' by Money Boy
In 2015, he performed with members of the ''Glo Up Dinero Gang'' at the sold out ''VideoDays'', including an ambiguous statement about recreational drug use at the end of his performance: "Drugs are bad, I confess that shit; but I am high, so I have no problems with it."<ref>{{Citation|last=VideoDays|title=Spinning 9 und Money Boy I VideoDays Köln 2015|date=2015-08-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHglBqNg19A|accessdate=2016-06-08}}</ref><ref group="note">German original statement: "Drogen sind schlecht, ich gesteh' den shit; aber ich bin high, also habe ich keine Probleme damit."</ref>
==Glo Up Dinero Gang== thumb|Logo He founded the ''Glo Up Dinero Gang'', a gang that features various artists with a similar style and image; some of the more known artists include ''Spinning 9''. ''Hustensaft Jüngling'' (''Cough Syrup Youngster'') and ''Medikamenten Manfred'' (''Medication Manfred'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://juice.de/how-to-turn-up-doku-ueber-money-boy-und-glo-up-dinero-gang/|title=How to turn up: Doku über Money Boy und Glo Up Dinero Gang|date=2015-12-10|website=JUICE MAGAZIN - HipHop & Rap|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noisey.vice.com/de/noisey-raps/noisey-raps-glo-up-dinero-gang-money-boy-641|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124173531/http://noisey.vice.com/de/noisey-raps/noisey-raps-glo-up-dinero-gang-money-boy-641|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2016|title=MONEY BOY & DIE GLO UP DINERO GANG TURNEN UP {{!}} NOISEY RAPS {{!}} NOISEY|website=NOISEY|language=de|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rap.de/tag/glo-up-dinero-gang/|title=Glo Up Dinero Gang Archives - rap.de|website=rap.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums === * 2013: ''SWAG'' * 2014: ''HiTunes'' * 2015: ''Cash Flow'' * 2016: ''Alles Ist Designer'' * 2018: ''Mann unter Feuer'' * 2019: ''Quick Mart'' * 2019: ''Geld Motivierte Muzik'' * 2020: ''Dripolympics'' * 2020: ''Feed The Skreetz'' * 2021: ''The Plug'' * 2021: ''10 Bullets'' * 2022: ''Back in der Trap'' * 2022: ''The Lost Tape II'' * 2024: ''Der Pimp im purple Pelzmantel'' * 2024: ''SWAGSGIVING'' * 2025: ''Unfinished Business'' * 2025: ''Fortune 500'' * 2025: ''The Lost Tape IV''
=== EPs === * 2013: ''Trap Haus'' *2024: ''Der Eagle ist gelandet''
=== Singles === * 2010: ''X-Mas Time'' * 2011: ''Dreh den Swag auf'' (Club Remix) * 2013: ''Swaghetti Yolonese'' * 2013: ''Yolohafte Swagnachten'' * 2014: ''Einer Geht Noch'' * 2014: ''Gay C D.B.n.C.''
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==Sources== {{refbegin|35em}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160313231417/http://www.krone.at/Musik/Money_Boy_rastet_aus_Anzeige!-Junge_Frau_verletzt-Story-500531 ''Kronen Zeitung''] *[https://www.vice.com/de/article/interview-konzertbesucher-money-boy-673/ ''Vice''] *[https://www.vice.com/de/article/politk-why-sl-know-plug/ ''Vice''] *[https://www.vice.com/de/article/chronologie-moneyboy-478/ ''Vice''] *[https://www.vice.com/de/article/wir-haben-money-boys-diplomarbeit-uber-gangsta-rap-in-deutschland-gelesen-651/ ''Vice''] *[http://www.musikexpress.de/kein-nicer-move-vom-boi-money-boy-legt-sich-mit-konzertbesuchern-an-504927/ ''Musik Express''] *[http://www.express.de/koeln/proll-philosoph-an-koelner-uni-kult-rapper-moneyboy-entert-den-lesesaal-614920 ''Express''] *[http://www.vienna.at/eav-und-money-boy-als-late-night-acts-am-nova-rock-2016-bestaetigt/4641481 ''Vienna Online''] *[http://www.heute.at/freizeit/musik/Mega-Shitstorm-im-Netz-nach-Money-Boy-Ausraster;art31330,1266940 ''Heute''] *[http://www.vienna.at/money-boy-nach-konzert-ausraster-von-nova-rock-line-up-gestrichen/4652957 ''Vienna Online''] {{refend}}
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