Joost Theo Sylvio Yussef Abdelgalil Dowib (born April 14, 1992), known professionally as Josylvio, is a Dutch rapper. Starting his career in 2015, he released his debut studio album, ''Ma3seb'', in 2016, followed by the sophomore album, ''2 gezichten'', in 2017. Josylvio's third, ''Hella Cash'' (2018), fourth, ''Gimma'' (2019) and fifth album, ''Abu Omar'' (2021), have all topped the Dutch Albums Charts. In 2022, he released his sixth album titled ''Vallen & Opstaan''. Josylvio has received multiple awards during his career, including

Edison Award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by ...

, XITE Award and FunX Music Award.

Life and career

Born in

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to a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father, Josylvio started his career in 2015 under the name Jaybay. In 2015, he released the single "Le7nesh" with Sevn Alias. With success of the song, he released his debut album ''Ma3seb'' with Dutch hip hop producer Esko. The album reached number five on the

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and earned him an

nomination. He released a number of singles that reached the

Single Top 100 The Dutch Single Top 100 or Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales, legal downloads and since July 2013 streaming and composed by Dutch Charts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Du ...

, including in collaboration with other rappers, such as Ali B, Hef, Adje, Jairzinho, Kevin and others. In 2017 Josylvio was featured on the collaborative album ''All Eyez on Us'' along with Latifah, Kempi, Sevn Alias, Vic9 and Rocks. The joint album was inspired by the documentary film ''All Eyez on Me'' about

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and a tribute to him. And in 2018, Josylvio took part in RTL reality program ''Expeditie Robinson'' in its 19th season finishing 18th.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

As featured artist

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Josylvio Dutch male rappers 1992 births Living people People from Naarden Dutch people of Egyptian descent