Mateusz Zawistowski (born 2 July 1994), known professionally as Żabson, is a Polish

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and

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Life

Żabson was born on 2 July 1994 in

Opoczno Opoczno () is a town in south-central Poland, seat of Opoczno County in the Łódź Voivodeship. It has a long and rich history, and in the past it used to be one of the most important urban centers of northwestern Lesser Poland. Currently, Opoczno ...

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, and was raised there. In 2011 he came to

Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...

and looked for people who were also interested in rap. He took part in freestyle fights in clubs, where he met the rapper Chaos. Thanks to him he started his music career. He also went to

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in Kielce. His stage name is the nickname his friends called him when he was younger. On 14 July 2015 he released his debut mini-album, titled ''NieKumam''. On 20 June 2016 he unveiled his second EP titled ''Passion Fruits''. On 23 February 2018 he released his debut studio album, titled ''To ziomal''. The release debuted at number 3 on the Polish

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sales list.

sales in the period 23.02.2018 - 01.03.2018

sales in the period 01.11.2019 - 07.11.2019

sales in the period 29.01.2021 - 04.02.2021

sales in the period 11.03.2022 - 17.03.2022
/ref> On 15 August he released a follow-up EP titled ''Trapollo''. In 2018, he participated with

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, Sitek and Sokół in "Projekt tymczasem" organized by EB, Polish beer brand. In 2019, he released another album titled ''Internaziomal''. On 1 February 2021 he released the mixtape ''Ziomalski Mixtape''. He has collaborated with artists such as Borixon, Quebonafide, Białas, Kaz Bałagane, Solar and Sitek, among others. Żabson is inspired by music from

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and

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. Some of his favorite artists are

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, and

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(who he believes started a new era of hip-hop). He loves simple trap backgrounds. He has a very melodic way of rapping. He doesn't try to convey a message - he prefers to talk about parties, girls and making money.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

EPs

Mixtapes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabson Polish musicians Polish male rappers 1994 births Living people People from Opoczno