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Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, better known as Bushido (or Sonny Black), is a German rapper.

Born 28^th September 1978 in Bonn, Germany to a Tunisian father and a German mother, Bushido grew up in Berlin. Although often in trouble with the law – he built up a notable criminal record for things like vandalism and possession of drugs – he always took an interest in hip hop music.

Bushido’s career began in earnest in the late 1990s, when he released several demo tapes – including Frauenarzt-Tanga-Tanga. In 2001 he set up the label I Luv Money Records with fellow rappers King Orgasmus One, Bass Sultan Hengzt and D-Bo, and began work on his first official full-length demo album King of KingZ. This led to a record deal with the independent hip hop label Aggro Berlin with whom he released his second album Carlo, Cokxxx, Nutten (ft. Fler). This was followed by the rapper’s first solo release in July 2003 – Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline – which reached number 88 on the German charts and is considered a landmark album in the breakthrough of German gangsta rap.

The rapper’s next album Electro Ghetto shot to number six on the German album chart, selling over 100,000 copies and being certified gold, while 2005’s Staatsfeind Nr. 1 achieved the same feat. Between them the albums also produced the Top 30 hits Electro Ghetto, Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt (ft. Cassandra Steen), Endgegner and Augenblick. Then came 2006’s Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück – which shot to number two on the album chart, selling over 200,000 copies, and produced the Top 20 hits Sonnenbank Flavour and the title single.

Bushido’s next two studio albums – 7 and Heavy Metal Payback – both reached number one in the chart, sold hundreds of thousands of copies between them and produced the Top 10 hits Alles Verloren, Ching Ching and Für immer jung (ft. Karel Gott). His latest album Zeiten ändern dich was released in February 2010 and has produced two Top 10 hits to date: Alles wird gut and Fackeln im Wind (ft. Kay One).