Smudo
Michael Bernd Schmidt (born 6 March 1968), better known as Smudo, is a German rapper and songwriter in the hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. He has been part of the group for more than 30 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Smudo was involved in the development of the Luca app for contact tracing in Germany.
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Smudo
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- Name
- Smudo
- Birth Name
- Michael Bernd Schmidt
- Born
- 6 March 1968
- Birthplace
- Offenbach am Main, West Germany
- Occupation
- Rapper, songwriter
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Fields
- German hip-hop.
- Languages
- German.
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Michael Bernd Schmidt (born 6 March 1968), better known as Smudo, is a German rapper and songwriter in the hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. He has been part of the group for more than 30 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Smudo was involved in the development of the Luca app for contact tracing in Germany.
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He has appeared as on The Voice of Germany and the German version of The Voice Kids as part of a judging and coaching duo with fellow musician Michi Beck. While on the respective shows, they coached Charley Ann Schmutzler, Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, Georgia Balke and Emma Filipović to victory, making them so far the coaches with the most wins (four) on both shows combined.
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• Name — Smudo • Birth Name — Michael Bernd Schmidt • Born — 6 March 1968 • Birthplace — Offenbach am Main, West Germany • Genre — German hip hop • Occupation — Rapper, songwriter • Current Member Of — Die Fantastischen Vier
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- 1.Lina Marly – Schön Genug (Niklas) The Voice Kids 2021 Blind Auditions.
- 2.auf le-smou.com, abgerufen am 5. Dezember 2010
- 3.Stuttgart: Smudo weist Kritik an Luca-App zurück, swr.de vom 15. April 2021
- 4.auf 140z.de, abgerufen am 12. Februar 2011
- 5.Chartquellen: DE
- 6.Markus Krichel. Wing Commander: Prophecy – Alien Invasion. PC Games. 08/1997. 20–24. 1997-08.
- 7.Spot für World of Warcraft mit Smudo und Thomas D. auf ehrenfeste.de
- 8.Die Fantastischen Fünf, spieleveteranen.de vom 10. Februar 2011
- 9.Preview: Goodbye Deponia. 2013-09-11.
- 10.Ingo Blazejewski. Filmdreh mit Smudo an der MSV-Arena. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. 2011-09-08.
- 11.Augsburger Allgemeine. The Voice Kids: Jury 2021 – Die Coaches vorgestellt.
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