Matthias Schulze (born 5 May 1984) better known as Silla (formerly Godsilla) is a German

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who was previously signed to

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. In 2010, Schulze changed his pseudonym "Godsilla" to "Silla" to avoid a lawsuit by

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, the owners of the rights to

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Biography

Musical career

2004 he released his first Solo album ''Übertalentiert''. A year later he released an album with King Orgasmus One ''Schmutzige Euros''. Releasing ''Massenhysterie'' in 2006 first music videos were shot. In 2007 a sequel to Schmutzige Euros followed. 2007 he met rapper

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who was featured on his next album ''City of God''. Equal to the track they named the collaboration album they released 2008 over

Aggro Berlin Aggro Berlin was a German hip-hop independent record label based in Berlin that existed from 1 January 2001 until 1 April 2009. Three artists ( Sido, Tony D and Kitty Kat) were signed with the label at the time of its closure. Since the end ...

. According to Silla he sold about 25.000 copies of his albums till 2007. In summer 2009 he had to be reanimated due to alcohol overdose. His next album ''Silla Instinkt'' came 2011, again over ''I Luv Money Records''. Afterwards he signed to Fler's new label Maskulin and released ''Die Passion Whisky'' (2012) and ''Audio Anabolika'' (2014). 2015 he changed to the label ''Major Movez'', released one album and two mixtaped until now.

Discography

Solo

Collaboration albums

Free tracks

References

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