Bizzey

Bizzey
Yellow Claw with Bizzey in 2015
Yellow Claw with Bizzey in 2015
Background information
Birth nameLeendert Roelandschap[1]
Born (1989-05-11) 11 May 1989 (age 35)
Amersfoort, Netherlands
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, DJ
Years active2010–present
Websitehttp://bizzey.nl/

Leendert "Leo" Roelandschap (Amersfoort, 11 May 1989), better known by his stage name Bizzey, is a Dutch hip hop and music electronic rapper and DJ.[2]

Bizzey grew up in the Dutch towns Leusden and Amersfoort. His father owned a record shop in Amersfoort (Radio Roelandschap).

In 2010, Bizzey founded the group Yellow Claw together with Jim Aasgier (Jim Taihuttu) and Nizzle (Nils Rondhuis).[3] They started off with a theme night in the Amsterdam night club Jimmy Woo and produced remixes for other performers. The group toured multiple countries and worked together with international artists.[3] Bizzey left Yellow Claw in 2016 to focus on a solo career as MC Bizzey, mostly in the Netherlands. His YouTube video "Traag" ("Slow") received millions of views (and was especially popular in Turkey).[2][4][5]

From the end of 2017 until November 2018, Bizzey was the manager of artist Famke Louise. Whom he helped with the start of her career.[6]

In June 2019, Bizzey won a FunX Music Award in the category Artist of the year - male.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Bizzey: ik heet eigenlijk Leendert!". Radio 538 (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  2. ^ a b "Hoe hiphopartiest Bizzey een monsterhit scoorde in Turkije". NOS (in Dutch). 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  3. ^ a b Tomassen, Thijs (2016-09-10). "Amersfoortse rapper Bizzey beleefde ineens zijn droom". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  4. ^ "Bizzey geeft grootste live concert op 16 februari 2019 in AFAS Live". AFAS Live. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  5. ^ "Biografía de Bizzey". BUMBABLOG (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  6. ^ "Famke Louise breekt met managers Bizzey en JayJay". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  7. ^ "Winnaars FunX Music Awards 2019". FunX.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  8. ^ "FunX Music Awards voor Frenna, Broederliefde en Famke Louise". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-06-12.