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 song in the Galician language on YouTube.[4]
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| Birth name | Aida Alonso Iglesias |
| Also known as | Aid, Aid Alonso |
| Born | March 28, 1990 |
| Origin | Vigo, Galicia (Spain) |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Aid |
| Website | Official website |
Early life edit
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 edit
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]
Her single and video Que Miren recorded and filmed in Los Angeles was released in January 2017.[19][20][21][22]
In 2020 she collaborated in the soundtrack of the Indian TV show Commit Mental.[23]
In 2022 she released the single Senses.[24][25][26][27][28][29]
Other works edit
Aid teaches about rap and lyrical composition in schools.[30]
She has worked as a radio host and board operator and has been collaborating as presenter in local TV.[31]
She graduated as an electrical engineer.[32]
On April 9, 2016, she spoke at the TEDx event in California State University, Long Beach.[33][34]
Discography edit
- Demo (2004)
- Aqui Teneis (2007)
- Jugando (2009)
- Rapoemas (2012)
- Hacer Lo Que Quiero (2013)
Featurings edit
- 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)
References edit
- ^ Aid. "Aid: Biography". Aid.
- ^ Raul Serrador (2009). . Heineken Greenspace. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ David Suárez (2009). "Aid: iTunes se rinde al Boogie Vigués". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
- ^ a b "O tema "Apréndeo" de AID, a canción en galego que máis medra en Youtube". Televisión de Galicia. 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ Nvivo (2009). "Aid: Nvivo". Nvivo. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Aid (2007). . Aid. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ "Aid". Aid. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Aid Ganadora De La IV Edición Heineken Greenspace - VersosPerfectos". VersosPerfectos. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Un rincón apartado: Heineken Greenspace 2008: Enrique Morente + Lagartija Nick + AID". Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ hhgroups (2009). . Faro de Vigo. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ "La rapera viguesa Aíd ya está jugando con los ritmos". www.lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ Faro de Vigo (2009). "Aid: Ones To Watch". Faro de Vigo. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ . CRTVG. 2011. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ Aid (2012). "Aid: Rapoemas". Editorial Galaxia. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ La Voz de Galicia (2012). "Aid: Rapoemas La Voz". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ "Entrevista á rapeira viguesa Aid". Televisión de Galicia. 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ "BBC: 1Xtra Rdio". BBC. 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Atlántico Diario (2014). "David Gil y la cantante AID reciben el galardón 'Xeración Viguesa'". Atlántico Diario. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ "La rapera Aid debuta en Los Angeles con su nuevo vídeo "Que Miren"". Swagga Music. January 25, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "Aid – Que Miren". Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "Aid regresa con "Que miren"". Hip Hop Life Magazine (in Spanish). January 28, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ ""Que Miren" en informativos TVE". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "CommitMental Trailer | Punarnavi, Udbhav | Pavan Sadineni | An aha Original | TVF creation". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "Telexornal Mediodia | CRTVG". CRTVG (in Galician). Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "O regreso do 'hip hop' de Aid Alonso: "Hai que facer música cando o pide o corpo" | CRTVG". CRTVG (in Galician). Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "La viguesa Aid retorna a la música desde California". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). May 25, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "ZigZag FDS | CRTVG". CRTVG (in Galician). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ "A Revista | CRTVG". CRTVG (in Galician). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ "Drtyones Magazine | Drtyones". Drtyones. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ Lorena Bustabad (2009). "El rap de Rosalía de Castro". El Pais. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Localia, Aves Nocturnas (2010). "Aid: Aves Nocturnas". Localia. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Aid, AidVigo (2016). "Aid: Bio". Aid. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ . TEDxCSULB. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "TEDxCSULB | TED.com". www.ted.com. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
External links edit
- Official Aid website