Judith Wessendorf (born 20 November 1992), better known under the stage name Juju, is a German rapper.

Life and career

Born in

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to a German mother and Moroccan father, Juju grew up with her mother in a poor area in the Berlin district

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. She attended the Ernst-Abbe

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in Neukölln, which she left after ninth grade. As a child, she listened to German

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(

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, Sido, etc.) and since she was 14, Juju started rapping as a hobby in her free time. In 2010, she met Nura for the first time. Later they formed the German rap crew SXTN. Their first song was ''Deine Mutter'' and their most successful ''Von Party zu Party'' (which reached 30 million views on YouTube two years later) and ''Bongzimmer''. In 2018, Nura and Juju separated and began their solo careers. Juju reached the top of the German single charts with the singles "Melodien" (with

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), "Vermissen" (with

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) and " Kein Wort" (with Loredana).

Discography

Albums

Singles

As featured artist

Other charted songs

SXTN

Awards and nominations

Results

Tours

Headlining

* 2019: ''Bling Bling Tour'' * 2020-2022: ''Juju Live'' (cancelled due to

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) * 2022: ''Fick Dein Insta Tour''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juju 1992 births Living people Musicians from Berlin German people of Moroccan descent German women rappers German people of Berber descent MTV Europe Music Award winners People from Neukölln 21st-century German women singers