Ali B
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Ali B is a Dutch
rapper of Moroccan
descent. He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch
star in Dutch pop culture, "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands", and has performed together with Akon
and Dutch artist Marco Borsato
.
. They have two sons, Omar and Amir.
Jan Smit incident
In March 2004, Ali B participated in a special edition of Dutch television station
RTL 4's The Weakest Link
. Ali B voted Jan Smit
(a Dutch singer) out, spelling his name on the board as "Jan Shit". As a result, he and Smit's manager, as well as Smit himself, entered into a fight.
Firework incident at Staphorst
On Wednesday 27 December 2006, Ali B organised a fireworks display on the marketplace in order to launch and introduce the new radio station TMF at Staphorst
. A funeral was being conducted in the vicinity of the display, and complaints were made that it was disruptive to the ceremony (after which Ali B contacted the mother of the deceased boy). No licences had been issued for the firework display by the municipality, on which grounds Staphorst filed a case against Ali B. Ali B claimed defamation, and in the end only received a warning.
Ali B is one of the few rappers from the Netherlands
who became a millionair because of his music and TV shows.The others being: Yes-R
, Kempi
, Salah Edin
, Extince
, Brainpower
and Opgezwolle
.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
rapper of Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
descent. He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch
Moroccan-Dutch
The terms Moroccan-Dutch or Dutch-Moroccans refer to immigrants from Morocco to the Netherlands and their descendants. They are one of the larger allochtoon groups, making up 10.4% of the country's total population of foreign background....
star in Dutch pop culture, "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands", and has performed together with Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
and Dutch artist Marco Borsato
Marco Borsato
Marco Borsato is a Dutch singer. He started performing in Italian before switching to Dutch in 1994. He is married to Leontine Ruiters and has three children.-Biography:...
.
Personal life
Ali B married his then-manager Breghje, with whom he lives in AlmereAlmere
Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...
. They have two sons, Omar and Amir.
Jan Smit incident
In March 2004, Ali B participated in a special edition of Dutch television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
RTL 4's The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and will end its run in 2012 when its host Anne Robinson ends her contract. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment...
. Ali B voted Jan Smit
Jan Smit (singer)
Johannes Hendricus Maria "Jan" Smit is a Dutch pop music and schlager singer. He scored his first number one position in the Dutch charts with Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen in 1997...
(a Dutch singer) out, spelling his name on the board as "Jan Shit". As a result, he and Smit's manager, as well as Smit himself, entered into a fight.
Firework incident at Staphorst
On Wednesday 27 December 2006, Ali B organised a fireworks display on the marketplace in order to launch and introduce the new radio station TMF at Staphorst
Staphorst
Staphorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.-History:The villages of Staphorst and its southern neighbour Rouveen came into existence as in the 13th century monks started to bring the bogs and swamps into culture. All the farms were built along the long road through the bog...
. A funeral was being conducted in the vicinity of the display, and complaints were made that it was disruptive to the ceremony (after which Ali B contacted the mother of the deceased boy). No licences had been issued for the firework display by the municipality, on which grounds Staphorst filed a case against Ali B. Ali B claimed defamation, and in the end only received a warning.
Ali B is one of the few rappers from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
who became a millionair because of his music and TV shows.The others being: Yes-R
Yes-R
Yesser Roshdy better known by his stage name Yes-R , is Dutch rapper and television presenter of Moroccan-Egyptian origin. Before going solo, he was part of the Dutch hip hop formation D-Men...
, Kempi
Kempi
Jerrely Slijger , better known by his stage name Kempi, is a Dutch rapper of Antillean descent. Since 2006, he has a contract at Dutch hip-hop label TopNotch.-Early life:...
, Salah Edin
Salah Edin
Abid Tounssi, also known as Salah Edin , is a Dutch rapper. He was raised in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. He lived in Morocco for about 2 years...
, Extince
Extince
Extince is one of the first Dutch language rappers to appear in the Dutch music charts.Extince was born as Peter Kops in Oosterhout, Netherlands...
, Brainpower
Brainpower
Gertjan Mulder, professionally known as Brainpower, is a bi-lingual rapper, who writes, records and performs in both the English as well as the Dutch language. The Dutch audience mainly knows him as a Dutch language rapper. He was born in Belgium and grew up in the Netherlands. He started making...
and Opgezwolle
Opgezwolle
Opgezwolle was a Dutch rap formation consisting of MCs Sticky Steez and Phreako Rico, and beatmaker DJ Dippy Delic.-Biography:In 2001 Opgezwolle competed in a contest called "De Oogst van Overijssel"...
.
Discography
| Album Album An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album... s in the Dutch Album Top 20/50/100 |
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| Title | |Release date | |Entry date | Highest position | #Weeks | Notes |
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| Ali B vertelt het leven van de straat | 30-03-2004 | 28-08-2004 | 19 | 45 | Length: 1:04:45 |
| Petje Af | 2006 | |20-10-2006 | Length: 1:02:47 | ||
| Ali B Geeft Antwoord | 2011 | | |
Singles
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
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| Title | |Release date | |Entry date | Highest position | #Weeks | Notes |
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| Waar gaat dit heen? | 26-4-2003 | tip | feat. Karima | ||
| Ik ben je zat | 10-7-2004 | 3 | 20 | feat. Brace Brace (singer) Eddy Brace Rashid MacDonald, shortened to Brace is a Dutch singer, who often collaborates with famous Dutch rapper Ali B, who helped to bring Brace to stardom after their first musical collaboration on the hit single Moppie released in the summer of 2004.-Early life:Brace was born 23 August 1986 in... |
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| Wat zou je doen | 25-9-2004 | 1 | 18 | feat. Marco Borsato Marco Borsato Marco Borsato is a Dutch singer. He started performing in Italian before switching to Dutch in 1994. He is married to Leontine Ruiters and has three children.-Biography:... |
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| Leipe mocro flavour | 2-4-2005 | 2 | 11 | feat. Yes-R Yes-R Yesser Roshdy better known by his stage name Yes-R , is Dutch rapper and television presenter of Moroccan-Egyptian origin. Before going solo, he was part of the Dutch hip hop formation D-Men... and Brace |
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| Hartendief | 27-8-2005 | 7 | 9 | feat. Brace | |
| Het kind | 19-11-2005 | 38 | 2 | feat. Brace and J-Rock | |
| Ghetto remix | 18-2-2006 | 3 | 13 | feat. Akon Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first... and Yes-R Yes-R Yesser Roshdy better known by his stage name Yes-R , is Dutch rapper and television presenter of Moroccan-Egyptian origin. Before going solo, he was part of the Dutch hip hop formation D-Men... |
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| Rampeneren | 6-5-2006 | 4 | 15 | feat. Yes-R Yes-R Yesser Roshdy better known by his stage name Yes-R , is Dutch rapper and television presenter of Moroccan-Egyptian origin. Before going solo, he was part of the Dutch hip hop formation D-Men... & The Partysquad |
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| Hard to get | 13-5-2006 | tip | feat. Gio & The Partysquad & Ambush Ambush An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack an unsuspecting enemy from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops... |
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| Celebrate, iedereen, ewa! | 03-06-2006 | ||||
| feat. Yes-R Yes-R Yesser Roshdy better known by his stage name Yes-R , is Dutch rapper and television presenter of Moroccan-Egyptian origin. Before going solo, he was part of the Dutch hip hop formation D-Men... |
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| Wij houden van Oranje | 10-6-2006 | 2 | 5 | feat. André Hazes André Hazes André Gerardus Hazes was a Dutch singer in a genre called levenslied which is a form of emotional folk music about everyday life sung in the Dutch language. André Hazes was one of the most successful singers in this genre... |
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| Zomervibe | 12-8-2006 | 28 | 4 | |feat. Yolanthe van Kasbergen | |
| Till morning | 18-11-2006 | 38 | 2 | |feat. Ziggi | |
| Dit gaat fout | 24-2-2007 | 20 | 6 | feat. Gio | |
| Jeweetzelluf | ? | ||||
| feat. The Opposites | |||||
| Groupie Love | 03-10-2007 | 20 | feat. Yes-R Yes-R Yesser Roshdy better known by his stage name Yes-R , is Dutch rapper and television presenter of Moroccan-Egyptian origin. Before going solo, he was part of the Dutch hip hop formation D-Men... , Darryl and Gio |
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| Eeyeeyooo | 03-10-2007 | 20 | feat. Soumia Soumia Soumia is a French Zouk singer.-Biography:Soumia Bahri was born near Paris to Moroccan parents, She has a Master's degree in linguistics. Her first involvement in music was by doing background vocals in a rapband. In 1998 she teams up with singer Talina to record the Zouksong Temps pou Temps... , Darryl and Rio Ryan Babel Ryan Guno Babel is a Dutch football player who currently plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He can play as a left winger and as a striker. Babel began his career at AFC Ajax in 1998, working his way up through the youth team and into the senior squad... |