Brutus (rapper)

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Brutus
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Background information
Birth nameThijs Frederiks
Born (1983-04-23) April 23, 1983 (age 38)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Origin Diemen, Netherlands
Genres Hip hop, Urban music
Occupation(s) Rapper, radio personality
Years active1996 present
LabelsTopNotch
Associated acts D-Men, Lange Frans
Website Official Site

Thijs Frederiks, better known by his stage name Brutus, (born in Amsterdam on 23 April 1983) is a Dutch rapper originating from Diemen, Netherlands. Alongside his older brother Lange Frans and rapper-singer better known as Baas B was a founding member of D-Men [1] and the band's manager.

Contents

Brutus had important recordings on De Straatremixes series of three D-Men mixtapes and cooperation with other D-Men members [2] (rappers, singers and DJs) Lange Frans, Baas B, Negativ, Yes-R, Brace, C-Ronic and also with Darryl, The Opposites and Riza.

His big break came with the success of the single "Mijn Feestje" credited to Brutus and Negativ. It reached #28 on the Dutch Singles Chart, staying 6 weeks on the chart.

In 2006, he was featured in a release of single "Ik wacht al zo lang" credited to Lange Frans featuring Brutus and Tim van Di-Rect (real name Tim Akkerman) and reaching #18 in the Dutch Singles Chart.

He also has solo singles "Net als jij" and "Gedachtegang" and is featured in Lange Frans' single "Flappen"

Personal life

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

(Refer to D-Men discography)

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
NED
Dutch
Top 40
NED
Single
Top 100

[4]
2007"Net als jij"26
"Flappen"
(feat. Lange Frans and Zwarte Sjaak)"
 
Featured in
YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
NED
Dutch
Top 40
NED
Single
Top 100

[4]
2005"Mijn Feestje"
(D-Men feat. Brutus and Negativ)
27
2006"Ik wacht al zo lang"
(Lange Frans featuring Brutus and Tim)
16

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References

  1. Moron.nl: History of D-Men and its members (in Dutch)
  2. Nederlandse Rappers: D-Men - Biografie Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
  3. Telegraaf: Rapper Brutus is papa Archived October 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 "DutchCharts.nl: Brutus - discography page". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.