RS | |
Birth Name: | Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam |
Alias: | TrappyDemon,Almighty RS |
Birth Date: | 27 October 2000 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Origin: | Venserpolder, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Years Active: | 2015–2019 |
Associated Acts: | Lowkey, RK |
Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam (27 October 2000 – 3 September 2019), better known under his pseudonym RS, was a Dutch drill rapper and the former frontman of the drill rap group FOG.[1] He has been described as "the most well-known member" of one of the most significant drill rap groups of the Netherlands.[2]
Grootfaam was born in Amsterdam on 27 October 2000.[3] He was raised by parents with a Surinamese background. As a teenager, he followed a vmbo education at Bindelmeer College in Amsterdam. Around this time, he started to create hip hop. A few years later, Grootfaam founded the drill rap group FOG.
Grootfaam's music was characterized by a demonic and dark aesthetic. He rapped about violence, criminality and his life in the neighbourhood Venserpolder.
On September 3, 2019, Grootfaam was stabbed to death by a member of a rival drill rap group.[1] [4] It was the first time in Dutch history that someone died as a result of a drill feud.[5]
Grootfaam's death formed an important moment for the Dutch societal discussion about what role drill rap had played in the at the time increasing cases of knife violence among the youth.[6]