A'idah Alonso Iglesias

Background

Aid was born in Vigo, Spain. She grew up in a rural neighborhood and discovered the hip hop culture in her school.

Career

She started her career in 2009 with the album Jugando, which was featured on the frontpage of iTunes worldwide with the song Boogie Vigo as Latin Single of The Week. Her song Apréndeo has been the most listened song in Galician language in YouTube. Aid started to record at 12 years old and did not want anybody to know about her music records.

One day, a friend of her found her recordings and uploaded them in a music website. The recordings became viral and had more than 100,000 downloads. In 2007, Aid released Aqui Teneis, a self-released solo album.

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. On February 9, 2009, Aid released her debut album Jugando. On July 28, 2009, her single Boogie Vigo was front cover in iTunes worldwide as Latin Single of the Week.

On September 2009, Aid was Artist of the Month by Ones to Watch of Myspace. In 2011, Aid released the song Aprendeo as image of the spot "A calquera hora" of TVG. The song has been the most listened song in Galician language in YouTube. In 2012, she released Rapoemas, a cd-book with an adaptation to rap of classics of galician poetry like Rosalía de Castro, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Manuel Antonio or Curros Enríquez.

In 2013, she released her album Hacer Lo Que Quiero. In 2014, Aid released Tierra de Sol, a single composed for the BBC representing Spain under the 1Xtra Radio freestyles. Tu puedes (live) (2008) Ainon (live) (2008) Perdonavidas (2011) Apréndeo (2011) Creer Pour Avancer (feat Efesio) (2012) Tiempo (2012) Porta "Suben al cielo" (2008) EL Payo Malo "Escucha a la gente" (2009) Efesio "Creer pour avancer" (2012).

Achievements

• Aid has won the Heineken Greenspace festival, Ones To Watch music contest by Myspace, Marcate Un Squares by Kellogs and Xeración Viguesa award. On October 22, 2008, she won the Heineken Greenspace festival contest in Valencia (Spain), between more than 1300 bands. On June 11, 2009, she won the contest Márcate un Squares of Kellogs.
  
  On November 2014, she received the award Xeración Viguesa.