U-Niq

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U-Niq
Birth nameAnthony C. C. Pengel
Born (1976-07-10) July 10, 1976 (age 48)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genres Hip hop
Occupation Rapper
InstrumentVocals
Years active1989–present
Labels TopNotch
Website www.top-notch.nl/page/artiest-links/U-Niq/

Anthony Pengel (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as U-Niq, is a Dutch rapper from Rotterdam. He was part of the rap group The Most Official. [1]

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Originally interested in football (he was a youth player for Feyenoord)[ citation needed ], U-Niq began rapping at age 13, influenced by Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.[ citation needed ] His 1999 debut album Married to Music was released by Sony.[ citation needed ] While spending some time in jail (he did not disclose why, and says he was acquitted), he decided to rap in Dutch; his first Dutch-language album, Rotterdam, was released by Dutch hip-hop label TopNotch and contained the singles "Rotterdam" and "Klein klein jongetje". [2]

Discography

Albums

Album titleRelease dateCharting in the Dutch Album Top 100 Comments
Date of entryHighestWeeks
Married to Music2000-
Rotterdam [3] 200615-07-2006781
Het kapitalisme [4] 200808-03-2008312
Scheepsrecht [5] 201116-04-2011381*

Singles

Single titleRelease dateCharting in the Dutch Top 40 Comments
Date of entryHighestWeeks
"I Used to Cry"1999-
"Married to Music"1999-
"Yours Exclusive"2000-
"Wildin' Out"2001-

EPs

Other

YearTitleAlbum
NamewithNameAlbum Artist
1998"Corrosion" Postmen & Sonny D Documents Postmen
1999"Hate Me Now" Nas Nastradamus(NL versie) Nas
2001"Curriculum" Postmen, Sonny D, Ganza & E-Life Revival Postmen
2002"Chemistry" E-Life E=mc² E-Life
2007"Coke op 't Gas" Kempi, Salah Edin, Feis & Winne Mixtape 3.1 Kempi
2009"Geef 8 Remix" Winne, Eddy Ra, Lotto, Crimson, Alex, Alee Rock, Millz & Feis Winne Zonder Strijd Winne
YearTitleAlbum
NamewithNameArtist/Producer
2000"Poverty Wisdom"Social Life - the Album Social Life
"Zoute Uitval" Extince, E-Life, The Anonymous Mis,
Shyrock & Murth The Man-O-Script
Alle 13 Dope TopNotch
2007"Waka Mang"
"Het Spel"
-Eddy Ra
-Mr Probz, Winne & Eddy Ra
Hard Hard Hard Mixtape TopNotch
"Klein, Klein Jongetje" Feis TopNotch Mixtape The Flexican - TopNotch
2009"Straatkennis, Politiek"
"Tak Taki"

Royston Drenthe
Extravaganza Mixtape I
Extravaganza Mixtape II
TopNotch
2010"Komt Goed"LaiseExtravaganza Mixtape V TopNotch
2012"Het Legioen"Winne- TopNotch

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitle
2006 BNN Urban Awards Best LyricsKlein, Klein Jongetje [6] Win
2007 BNN Urban Awards Best LyricsGeen Verschil [7] Nom
Gouden Greep Hardest Diss TrackBluffer [8] Nom

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