Aid (rapper)

Aida Alonso Iglesias (born March 28, 1990),[1] known professionally as Aid or Aid Alonso, is a Spanish rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. She started her professional career in 2009 after receiving the Heineken Greenspace Award,[2] and her song Boogie Vigo was rated Latin Single Of The Week on iTunes.[3] In 2011, the song Apréndeo was considered the most listened to song in the Galician language on YouTube.[4]

Aid
Birth nameAida Alonso Iglesias
Also known asAid
Born (1990-03-28) March 28, 1990
OriginVigo, Galicia (Spain)
GenresHip hop, R&B
Occupation(s)Rapper, singer-songwriter
Years active2003–present
LabelsAid
Websitewww.aidvigo.com

Early life

Aid was born in Vigo, Spain. She started to record songs when she was 12 years old and a friend of hers discovered her recordings and decided to upload them to a music website. The recordings became popular with more than 100,000 downloads.[5]

Career

In 2007, Aid released Aqui Teneis,[6] a self-released solo album.[7] On October 22, 2008, she won the Heineken Greenspace festival contest in Valencia (Spain). Aid was the first rap artist and youngest one winning the contest, and she performed with Lagartija Nick and Enrique Morente in the main concert of the festival.[8][9] On February 9, 2009, Aid released her debut album Jugando.[10][11] On July 28, 2009, the song Boogie Vigo was rated as Latin Single of the Week on iTunes worldwide. In September 2009, she was Artist of the Month by Ones to Watch Myspace.[12] On June 11, 2009, she won the contest Márcate un Squares of Kellogs.

In 2011, Aid released the song Apréndeo.[13] The song has been rated the most listened song in Galician language in YouTube.[4]

In 2012, she released Rapoemas, a cd-book which adapted classics of Galician poetry like Rosalía de Castro, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Manuel Antonio and Curros Enríquez into rap music.[14][15]

In 2013, she released her album Hacer Lo Que Quiero.[16]

In 2014, Aid released Tierra de Sol, a single composed for the BBC representing Spain under the 1Xtra Radio freestyles.[17] In November 2014, she received the award Xeración Viguesa.[18]

Other works

Aid teaches about rap and lyrical composition in schools.[19]

She has worked as a radio host and board operator and has been collaborating as presenter in local TV.[20]

She graduated as an electrical engineer.[21]

On April 9, 2016, she spoke at the TEDx event in California State University, Long Beach.[22][23]

Discography
  • Demo (2004)
  • Aqui Teneis (2007)
  • Jugando (2009)
  • Rapoemas (2012)
  • Hacer Lo Que Quiero (2013)

Featurings
  • Porta "Suben al cielo" (En Boca de Tantos, 2008)
  • EL Payo Malo "Escucha a la gente" (2009)
  • Efesio "Creer pour avancer" (2012)
  • Porta (rapper)|Porta "No tienes hueco" (Reset, 2012)
  • Ambkor "La luz" (Tren de Vuelta a Casa, 2014)
  • Mowlihawk, Reke, Tailon, Servando, RKing "No importa el color" (2014)
  • Dezzy Hollow "Disparando" (2016)
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References
  1. Aid. "Aid: Biography". Aid.
  2. Raul Serrador (2009). "Aid: Heineken Greenspace". Heineken Greenspace. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  3. David Suárez (2009). "Aid: iTunes se rinde al Boogie Vigués". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  4. TVG (2013). "O tema "Apréndeo" de AID, a canción en galego que máis medra en Youtube". Televisión de Galicia. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  5. Nvivo (2009). "Aid: Nvivo". Nvivo. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  6. Aid (2007). "Aid: Aqui Teneis". Aid. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  7. "Aid". Aid. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  8. "Aid Ganadora De La IV Edición Heineken Greenspace - VersosPerfectos". VersosPerfectos. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  9. 15:52, Publicado por Un rincón apartado en. "Un rincón apartado: Heineken Greenspace 2008: Enrique Morente + Lagartija Nick + AID". Retrieved June 8, 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. hhgroups (2009). "Aid: Jugando". Faro de Vigo. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  11. Galicia, La Voz de. "La rapera viguesa Aíd ya está jugando con los ritmos". www.lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  12. Faro de Vigo (2009). "Aid: Ones To Watch". Faro de Vigo. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  13. CRTVG (2011). "Aid: Aprendeo". CRTVG. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  14. Aid, Editorial Galaxia (2012). "Aid: Rapoemas". Editorial Galaxia. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  15. La Voz de Galicia (2012). "Aid: Rapoemas La Voz". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  16. TVG (2013). "Entrevista á rapeira viguesa Aid". TVG. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  17. BBC, Xtra Rdio1 (2014). "BBC: 1Xtra Rdio". BBC. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  18. Atlántico Diario (2014). "David Gil y la cantante AID reciben el galardón 'Xeración Viguesa'". Atlántico Diario. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  19. Lorena Bustabad (2009). "El rap de Rosalía de Castro". El Pais. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  20. Localia, Aves Nocturnas (2010). "Aid: Aves Nocturnas". Localia. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  21. Aid, AidVigo (2016). "Aid: Bio". Aid. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  22. "2016". TEDxCSULB. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  23. "TEDxCSULB | TED.com". www.ted.com. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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