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Kempi Birth name Jerrely Slijger Born June 18, 1986
Helmond, North Brabant, NetherlandsOrigin Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands Genres Gangsta rap, Nederhop Instruments Vocals Years active 2006–present Labels TopNotch Website tiskempi.nl Jerrely Slijger (born June 18, 1986), 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.
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Early life
Kempi was born in Helmond and grew up in Woensel-West, a deprived neighborhood in Eindhoven, as the fourth of seven children. As a teenager he went to a school for children with behavioral problems and started to participate in criminal activities, such as dealing cocain and heroin. He built a very extensive criminal record, including various prison sentences.
Musical career
Influenced by Tupac Shakur, Lil Wayne, and Dutch rapper Duvel, Kempi began to write down his street-life experiences, but wasn't seriously into hip-hop yet.[1][2] However, after performing in a hip-hop group named Drama, Kempi got encouraged to make his own music,[1] and subsequently recorded his own mixtape Tsss Kempi in 2006 which was downloaded at least forty thousand times from the Internet. Kempi began to gain national prominence and was noticed by record label owner Kees de Koning, who was very impressed and offered him a contract on his label TopNotch which Kempi signed in jail. The moment Kempi signed the contract (September 2006) he was under suspicion of complicity in a stabbing, later he was found guilty. Kempi came out of custody after his second (Rap 'N Borie) and third mixtape (Mixtape 3.1) were released.
On July 17, 2007 Kempi met his father for the first time and his girlfriend gave birth to a son. Kempi realised that he had to stay on the right track. He said: "My child is my light and my motivation. Now I want to be seen as a businessman and as a father, instead of being seen as a gangster from the ghettos of Eindhoven." On September 19, 2008, Kempi's second son was born.However shortly after this statement, Kempi was arrested again for putting a gun on the head of a Hungarian rapper, who dissed Kempi and provoked him at one of Kempi's concerts. After the dispute Kempi was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison. While Kempi was in prison his debut Album, Du Zoon was released. Kempi Later stated that when his Album was released the prison guards would not let Kempi listen to his own Album and that he should borrow it with his own money, in the prison library.
Kempi Has several tattoos across his body. These include the name of his city, Eindhoven, across his belly. On his chest the words: God'z Wonder, a Playboy bunny logo in his neck, a black Panther on his left arm, a cross between his eyes, 2 tears under his left eye and on both cheeks a quote, on the right side it says: No weapon formed against me shall prosper, and on the left side it says: And if it does, it will take me to heaven. Kempi has a few more tattoos.
In 2008 his debut studio album Du Zoon (English: Tha Son) was released by TopNotch. Du Zoon was entirely produced by the Amsterdam production trio SoundG8 (Roel Donk, Dennis Letnom and Jihad Rahmouni). The album entered the Album Top 100 in the seventh place.
Kempi's fourth mixtape was released in 2009, Mixtape 3.2: Du Evolutie van 'n Nigga (English: Tha Evolution of a Nigga). He said it would be his last mixtape and that he would only release albums from that moment onwards. For the track "Revolution [Remix]", Kempi worked with E.D.I. Mean and Young Noble of the American rap group Outlawz, which was co-founded by hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1995. On October 6, 2009 Kempi was a support act for American hip-hop star Lil Wayne during his show at the Heineken Music Hall.In 2010 Kempi produced yet another mixtape titled Du Gangsta Tape: It's Official. For the track "The Light", Kempi worked with Layzie Bone of the rap formation Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. On May 15, 2010, Kempi opened for American rapper 50 Cent's show at Ahoy Rotterdam.
In June 2011 Kempi released his second studio album titled Het Testament Van Zanian Adamus (English: The Testament of Zanian Adamus) which entered the Album Top 100 in the 15th place.
Lawsuits
In February 2007 Kempi was found guilty of assault. During the appeal he was sentenced to one month imprisonment. After spending six months in custody, he left prison a free man. How ever in March 2007, Kempi made another mistake, he was involved in an altercation at a nightclub in Veendam, where he threatened another man with a gun. According to a newspaper someone from his rap formation pulled a gun, according to eye witnesses it was Kempi himself. Kempi attempted to escape when he was arrested near Zwolle. in June 2008 Kempi was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for a series of serious crimes, including threats with a firearm.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
- Du Zoon (2008, TopNotch)
- Het Testament van Zanian Adamus (2011, TopNotch)
Mixtapes
- Tsss Kempi - Mixtape (2006, self-published)
- Rap 'N Borie (2007, TopNotch)
- Mixtape 3.1 (2007, TopNotch)
- Mixtape 3.2: Du Evolutie van 'n Nigga (2009, TopNotch)
- Du Gangsta Tape: It's Official (2010, TopNotch)
EP
- RockNRolla (2011, self-published)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Kempi biography". ShareMyPlaylists.com. http://sharemyplaylists.com/artists/Kempi. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ (Dutch) Van Gijssel, Robert (June 15, 2011). "Kempi: ooit hosselaar, nu furore in de hiphop". De Volkskrant. http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3380/muziek/article/detail/2445519/2011/06/15/Kempi-ooit-hosselaar-nu-furore-in-de-hiphop.dhtml. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ (Dutch) De Vrieze, Atze (June 30, 2008). "Kempi veroordeeld tot 12 maanden cel". VPRO 3VOOR12. http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/39757845. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
External links
- (Dutch) Official website
Categories:- 1986 births
- Dutch rappers
- Dutch people of Antillean descent
- Dutch drug traffickers
- Living people
- People convicted of assault
- People from Eindhoven
- Pseudonymous rappers
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