Leendert "Leo" Roelandschap (

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, 11 May 1989), better known by his

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Bizzey, is a Dutch

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and DJ.

Biography

Bizzey was born in

to a Dutch father and a

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se mother. He grew up in the Dutch towns

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and Amersfoort. His father owned a

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in Amersfoort (''Radio Roelandschap''). In 2010, Bizzey founded the group Yellow Claw together with Jim Aasgier (Jim Taihuttu) and Nizzle (Nils Rondhuis). They started off with a theme night in the Amsterdam night club Jimmy Woo and produced remixes for other performers. The group toured multiple countries and worked together with international artists. Bizzey left Yellow Claw in 2016 to focus on a solo career as MC Bizzey, mostly in the Netherlands. His YouTube video "Traag" ("Slow") received millions of views (and was especially popular in Turkey). From the end of 2017 until November 2018, Bizzey was the manager of artist

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. Whom he helped with the start of her career. In June 2019, Bizzey won a FunX Music Award in the category ''Artist of the year - male''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1989 births Living people Dutch DJs Dutch male rappers Dutch people of Surinamese descent People from Amersfoort