RS (rapper) explained

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]

Life

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.

Music

Grootfaam's music was characterized by a demonic and dark aesthetic. He rapped about violence, criminality and his life in the neighbourhood Venserpolder.

Death

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Maarten van Dun and Paul Vugts. 4 December 2019. Jeugdbendes in Zuidoost: drillrapper werd gedood met kapmes. Youthgangs in the Southeast: drill rapper was killed with a machete. Het Parool. nl.
  2. News: Bahara. Hassan. 23 August 2020. Wie zijn de drillrapgroepen die zoveel zorgen baren?. Who are the drill rap groups that people are so concerned about?. De Volkskrant. nl.
  3. Web site: In Memoriam Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam . beri.nl - Surinaamse Familieberichten . https://web.archive.org/web/20201016182356/https://www.beri.nl/berichtdetail.php?nr=17479 . 16 October 2020.
  4. News: Tromp. Jan. 6 March 2020. Naar school zonder ontbijt – maar met een mes. Going to school without breakfast - but with a knife. De Volkskrant. nl.
  5. News: 8 March 2021. Celstraf en jeugd-tbs voor doodsteken drillrapper in Amsterdam. NOS Nieuws. nl.
  6. News: Bahara. Hassan. 23 October 2019. Is drillmuziek de katalysator voor de recente geweldsgolf onder jongeren?. Is drill music the catalyser for the recent wave of youth violence?. subscription. De Volkskrant. nl.