Young Sid

Young Sid

Infobox musical artist


Name = Young Sid
Background =
Birth_name = Sidney Diamond
Alias =
Born = birth date and age|1986|07|07
Died =
Instrument =
Genre = Hip Hop
Label =
Associated_acts = Smashproof

Young Sid (born Sidney Diamond on July 7, 1986 in Manukau City, South Auckland) is a New Zealand rapper and member of hip hop group Smashproof.

Biography

Young Sid is of Cook Island descent, and was raised in the Manukau suburb of Otara. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4196782a4500.html Young Auckland rapper speaks the truth] - Stuff NZ, 10 September 2007] He recorded his first song when he was eleven years old. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4404336a24815.html Rapper Young Sid] - Sunday Star Times, 21 February 2008]

Career

Sid was the opening act for Ice Cube's "Straight Outta Compton Tour" concert in Manukau City on August 22, 2007. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h191MyX2Mxk Straight Outta Compton Tour, 22/8/07] - YouTube] His debut album, "The Truth," was released on Move The Crowd Records (a subsidiary of Universal) in September 2007, and featured a guest appearance by Chamillionaire. Several tracks were produced in Croatia, France, and New York, as well as Auckland. The album debuted at #27 in its lone week on the RIANZ top-40 album charts on 10 September 2007. [http://charts.org.nz/archive.asp?todo=show&day=10&month=09&year=2007&cat=a RIANZ Albums Chart, 10/9/07] ]

Sid explained in an interview with the "Sunday Star Times" that the name of his group, Smashproof, was a play on the word "bulletproof." He briefly came under controversy in February 2008 when he appeared in a music video featuring a South Auckland street gang, of which his older brother is a member. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4404872a11.html Killer Beez diss stings Dawn Raid] - Sunday Star Times, 17 February 2008]

Discography

Albums

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/youngsidmtc Official MySpace page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/movethecrowdtv Music videos]
* [http://www.amplifier.co.nz/default,31612.sm?full=1 Young Sid on Amplifier.co.nz]


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