Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi (Arabic: أنيس محمد يوسف الفرشيشي; born 28 September 1978 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia), better known by his aliases Bushido and Sonny Black, is a German rapper, hip-hop producer, entrepreneur and co-founder of record label ersguterjunge of Tunisian descent. Born in Bonn and raised by a single mother in Berlin, Tempelhof, Ferchichi came in contact with hip-hop through graffiti and his friend and fellow rapper Fler. Ferchichi released his demo, King of KingZ in 2001, which later led him to sign a record label deal with Aggro Berlin. Ferchichi's first official release was Carlo Cokxxx Nutten, released in October 2002, a collobaration with Fler. His first solo release, Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline (2003) peaked at number 88 in Germany.
Ferchichi was born to a Tunisian father and a German mother in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany in September 1978. The father left the family when he was three years old and his mother decided to move to West-Berlin. He grew up with his brother in Berlin-Tempelhof, where he attended two gymnasiums before dropping out in eleventh grade. According to his autobiography, Ferchichi was found guilty of drug possession and property damage and was given the choice to either face a jail term or to do schooling as a house painter and decorator. During his schooling, Ferchichi met Patrick Losensky, known as Fler, who introduced him to hip-hop and graffiti.