Noizy

Rigels Rajku
Born Rigels Bashkim Rajku
(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986
Sukth, Durrës, Albania
Residence Durrës, Albania
Other names Noizy, Zinjo, Zini Zin,
Occupation
Years active 2004–present
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Children 1

Musical career

Genres Hip hop
Instruments
Labels
  • OTR Records
  • IN Films Production
  • Kabali Records
  • Zig Zag Records
Associated acts

Rigels Bashkim Rajku (born September 27, 1986) known by his stage name Noizy or Zini Zin, is an Albanian singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. Noizy rose to fame when he released his first album in 2009. He is one of the most popular rappers in the Albanian speaking territories.

Early life

Rigels Rajku[1][2] was born on 27 September 1986 in Sukth, Durres, Albania. At the age of 11 Noizy among his family moved in London, capital city of England, United Kingdom from where he grew up in Woolwich.[3] At that time Wooldwhich was known as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in London where the big fish eats the smaller one and where mercy didn't exist for a very long time. By the situation Noizy founded his group for self-defence called O.T.R (On Top of the Rest, Albanian: Mbi Të Gjithë). Inspired by the way of daily life in the past that made him more hungry to succeed in career & family. During his time in London, he developed a passion for fighting and eventually took up street fighting where he was undefeated.[4]

Career

Noizy debuted in the music industry on 20 December 2004 with the song On Top of the Rest which he performed live in a music competition Top Fest organised by Top Channel.[5] In 2009 he released his first album Pak Më Ndryshe (English: Little Different). It took almost 1 full year to be released in very professional way, recorded and mixed by British engineering Tom "On the Mix" Gillieron, GBMC and Noizy himself.[6][7] In 2010 Noizy launched a mixtape called Most Wanted Mixtape. He is known for his friendship because he has many known friends as Blerim Destani, MC Kresha and more. Noizy is also a champion in street battles "Street Fight" where he was declared champion of London in 15 games & 15 wins.

Noizy also has starred in an Albanian movie called ZORI, which was released in 2015.[8]

In 2016 Noizy released his seventh studio album called Zin City. One of his album songs "Grande" reached 13 million views on YouTube.

In 2014 Noizy started a collaboration with famous Albanian singer Enca Haxhia which became part of the group O.T.R.[9] On 15 June 2016 Rajku released another song with Enca Haxhia called "Bow Down", which reached more than 47 million YouTube views. Rajku released one more single "Midis Tirone", which reached 1,000,000 views within 24 hours, and the song was made available for music download on November 5, 2016, available for ITunes and Deezer. "Midis Tirone" was released on November 5, 2016, and debuted at number one on the ASL Music by surpassing famous singers as Otilia, Faydee, Inna and more.

Social media

His YouTube channel has more than 300,000 subscribers and 300,000,000 million views in total. Noizy has more than 650,000 likes on Facebook, more than 700,000 followers on Instagram and more than 25,000 followers on Twitter, which makes him one of the most followed celebrities in Albania.

Noizy with Chris Brown in Los Angeles in 2014
Noizy performing on stage (2016)
Rajku during his concert in Denmark (2016)
Noizy in the Studio (2016)

Achievements

Rajku's song with Çiljeta Xhilaga named "Gangsta Love" released on August 19, 2015, won the nomination Best Video 2015 & Best Hip Hop for the single "Big Body Benzo" released on May 16, 2015. Rajku won the most important prizes in Zhurma Awards with Enca Haxhia for the Best Song 2016 & Best Video 2016 on 15 September 2016. He is also known as a very productive rapper for the media and his fans, On July 2, 2016, Noizy released two songs in one day exclusively on YouTube called "More than Dollars" ft. Çiljeta Xhilaga and "Without Me" ft. Elgit Doda songs that became very successful, being listened from a big audience all around the Albania and other countries. His song with Enca Haxhia "Bow Down" gained an international attention, The song was listened in many states as Turkey, Spain, Sweden. The song called "Bow Down" later was released on ITunes.

Personal life

Noizy currently lives in Durrës. Noizy and his mother are both Christians, his father and sister are Muslims. Noizy also has a daughter named "Leandra" who lives in London. In 2012 he released a song called "Little Noku" dedicated to his daughter. In that song he expressed how much he misses and loves her.[10][11]

Noizy on September, 2016

Albums

Discography

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 All Access Movie[12] Himself Biography
2015 ZORI Film (2015) Himself

References

  1. ↑ Ja si quhen në të vërtetë këngëtarët shqiptarë Bota Sot
  2. ↑ Noizy aksidentohet në autostradë Shekulli
  3. ↑ Noizy från Albanien kör två låtar - P3 Din Gata Sveriges Radio
  4. ↑ Zone e lire - Exluzive/Rrefimi i Noizy-t dhe albumi i ri ‘ZinCity’! (01 prill 2016) YouTube
  5. ↑ OTR - On top of the rest, 20 Dhjetor 2004 - Top Fest 2 YouTube
  6. ↑ Noizy - Pak ma ndryshe ( ALBUM I ) YouTube
  7. ↑ Pak Më Ndryshe by Noizy on Apple Music
  8. ↑ ZORI (Filmi i plote) YouTube
  9. ↑ Kështu ja uron Enca Noizyit ditëlindjen (Foto) - Lajme rozë GazetaExpress]
  10. ↑ Noizy - Noku Vogel (Official Lyric Video) YouTube
  11. ↑ Noizy - Noku Vogël ( Official Video ) - YouTube YouTube
  12. ↑ Noizy - ALL ACCESS (Full Movie HD) YouTube
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