MC Fitti
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MC Fitti (born January 10, 1976 in Gifhorn ; real name Dirk Witek ) is a German rapper . His trademarks are a full beard , sunglasses and a baseball cap .
Life
Youth and musical beginnings
MC Fitti spent his youth in Gifhorn. After school and his training as an electrician, he moved to Berlin and was with the set construction worked in film and television. Among other things, he worked on the sets for individual episodes in the Polizeiruf 110 , Bella Block and Tatort series . At the same time he made street art in the form of graffiti and sticker art and accompanied his friends Vokalmatador and Rhymin Simon on tours, but stayed in the background there.
On the advice of his friends, he became musically active himself. After a few songs that received little attention overall, his Rap 30 ° Grad, together with a video clip created from video snippets from the Miami Vice series, became a small "summer hit" of the rap scene and made him better known in 2012. In addition to a small tour of Germany, which was called “Better late than never”, in which the fans could vote over the Internet where they would perform, he also performed at the Splash Festival and at The Dome . Many festivals followed.
Bundesvision Song Contest & Debut Album
MC Fitti took part in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2013 for Berlin with the song "Fitti mitm Bart", where he took third place. He then released his debut album #Geilon in July and reached number two in the German album charts. There are hits like " 30 ° degrees ", "Whatsapper" and "18 inches" (feature with Marsimoto). His second studio album, “Peace”, followed in September 2014 and landed at number nine in the German album charts.
Since 2015 he has lent his voice to the Koala Nom Nom , from the US cartoon series We Bare Bears , for four seasons.
As an avowed car lover, he appeared as a presenter and live act in April 2016 as part of the GTI Techno Classica. In the summer he worked as a presenter at the side of PS professional Sidney Hoffmann for VW Beatle and their Sunshine. This was followed by large advertising campaigns for the Fritt and Volkswagen brands and a camping tour for the Berger company, which MC Fitti took throughout Germany.
In 2017 he released two singles, "No Power to Drugs" and the summer song "Capri Capri".
Since 2018
In 2018 he continued his acting career and played in the tragic comedy " Der Sportpenner " and a. at the side of Oliver Korittke and Wilson Gonzales Ochsenknecht. He also paid more attention to the art world. Apart Street -projects be # Selfiegott concept was (a statue of him in Selfie shown -Pose) at various exhibitions, most recently as part of the eighth edition of the Millerntor Gallery, which took place from 4th to 7th of July in Hamburg.
In November 2018 MC Fitti let the music out again and brought out another song with “Nice to see me”. His subsequent single "Moini" was released on March 15, 2019. From March to May he went on a club tour all over Germany, before moving on to the big stages of German festivals in the summer. His singles "Megalodon" and "Palme wedeln" were harbingers of the EP "bumper cars" released in 2020.
Discography (selection)
MC Fitti also publishes low-profile songs on YouTube that are not listed here.
Albums
EPs
- 2020: bumper cars
Singles
- 2012: Roflcopter
- 2012: 30 degrees
- 2012: You want to be like MC Fitti
- 2012: Whatsapper
- 2013: Yolo
- 2013: Geilon
- 2013: Penn on the train
- 2013: full throttle
- 2013: beautiful girls
- 2013: Fitti with a beard
- 2013: Futuretechnik
- 2013: Evil Space
- 2014: Paradise made of glass
- 2014: Mama half-length
- 2015: hearing Drake and crying
- 2017: No Power to Drugs (feat.Cat Mask)
- 2017: Capri Capri
- 2018: nice to see me
- 2019: Moini
- 2019: Megalodon
- 2019: Palm tree waving
Features
- 2013: 25 Geil (with Ronny Trettmann )
- 2013: Come on in (on Bobstar from SpongeBob SquarePants )
- 2013: 18 inches (with Marsimoto )
- 2014: #Hashtag (with Y-Titty )
- 2015: Do it yourself (with Deichkind and various other German artists)
Filmography
- 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016: Berlin - Day & Night (4 episodes)
- 2014: The perfect celebrity dinner
- 2014: Big in LA
- 2015: Cologne 50667
- 2015: Meier Müller Schmidt
- since 2015: We Bare Bears - bears like us (voice of Nom Nom)
- 2015: launch (guest role)
- 2018: The sports breakout
social commitment
MC Fitti signed up for the youth campaign "iCHANCE - read better, write better!" of the Federal Association for Literacy and Basic Education and draws attention to the fact that more than seven million adults cannot read and write properly. In addition, MC Fitti had ongoing cooperations and supports the projects of OneWarmWinter, Royal Fishing, Viva Con Agua and SOS Mediterranee.
literature
- MC Fitti: Confetti comes out of my exhaust: Welcome to MC Fitti's world Knaur TB, 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-78705-2 .
Web links
- MC Fitti's website
- MC Fitti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- MC Fitti's channel on YouTube
swell
- ↑ a b Chart discography Germany
- ↑ Star profile Dirk Witek. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014 ; Retrieved February 3, 2014 .
- ↑ http://www.virtualnights.com/magazin/wer-ist-eigentlich-mc-fitti.22512
- ↑ Interview at haz.de
- ↑ Interview at 16Bars.TV on YouTube
- ↑ Interview with What's for (b) eats on YouTube
- ↑ Christian Kreckel: Film premiere: "The Sportpenner": Oliver Korittke and Cologne Power for the homeless. June 8, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2020 (German).
- ↑ #selfiegott. Retrieved January 16, 2020 (German).
- ↑ MC FITTI. Retrieved January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ www.iCHANCE.de. Retrieved December 12, 2013 .
- ↑ YouTube: MC Fitti in the "Whatsapper Interview". Retrieved December 12, 2013 .
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SURNAME | MC Fitti |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Witek, Dirk (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gifhorn |