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RS (rapper)

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RS
Background information
Birth nameJay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam
Also known asTrappyDemon,
Almighty RS
Born(2000-10-27)October 27, 2000
Amsterdam
DiedSeptember 3, 2019(2019-09-03) (aged 18)
Amsterdam
Genres
Years active2015–2019

RS was the musical name of Jay-Ronne Grootfaam. He was an important drill rapper from Amsterdam.[1] Drill rap is a form of rap that celebrates violence.

Grootfaam rapped about violence, crime and his life in Amsterdam.

On September 3rd 2019, Grootfaam was killed with a knife.[2] The killer was part of a rap group that Grootfaam was in conflict with. It was the first time in the Netherlands that someone died as a result of a drill rap conflict.[3]

  1. Bahara, Hassan (23 August 2020). "Wie zijn de drillrapgroepen die zoveel zorgen baren?" [Who are the drill rap groups that people are concerned about?] (in Dutch). De Volkskrant.
  2. Tromp, Jan (6 March 2020). "Naar school zonder ontbijt – maar met een mes" [Going to school without breakfast - but with a knife] (in Dutch). De Volkskrant.
  3. "Celstraf en jeugd-tbs voor doodsteken drillrapper in Amsterdam" (in Dutch). NOS Nieuws. 8 March 2021.