Murth Mossel (

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, 6 February 1970), also known as Murth The Man O Script, is a Dutch rapper and

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Biography

In the early 1990s Murth did his stand-up routines at

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' "Doekoe". During this period Murth was a VJ at TMF hosting ''The Pitch''; his next job was presenting '' Paradisolife'' for NOS; a series of package-concerts made up of individual performances and special collaborations (for example, triphop-outfit Lamb teaming up with jazz-crossover group New Cool Collective). ''Paradisolife'' was voted Best Music Programme in 2001. In 2004 he expanded to cartoon-voices; credits include ''The Thunderbirds''. In 2005 Murth performed his debut-theatre-show ''Niet Vanzelfsprekend'' (''Don't Take It For Granted'') at a joint tour with Roue Verveer whose ''M.A.W.'' was the opening part. He also made Comedytrain-trips to countries such as

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and China; in 2009 his first full-length solo-show ''Status Aparte'' premiered. In between his Comedytrain-commitments, Murth continued rapping; he released three albums with rap-collective Flinke Namen; their 2009-single ''Als Zij Langs Loopt'' became a top 20-hit. Follow-up ''Wolken'', accompanied by a black 'n white-video in which Murth played a cab-driver, stalled in the bubbling-under charts. He currently tours with his solo-show ''Eerste Persoonn Enkelvoud''. In 2019 he appeared in the drama film '' Bloody Marie''.

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