
Murth Mossel (
Amsterdam
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, 6 February 1970), also known as Murth The Man O Script, is a Dutch
rapper and
stand-up comedian
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.
Biography
In the early 1990s Murth did his stand-up routines at
Comedytrain
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's 1998 ''Zoete Inval''/''Zoute Uitval''-single among others; in 1999 he made a cameo-appearance in the video for
Def Rhymz
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Biography
Bouman was born on 3 May 1970. He was the first Dutch rapper ever to hit the number ...
' "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
Suriname
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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''.
References
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Dutch male rappers
Dutch male comedians
Comedy rappers
Dutch people of Surinamese descent
Entertainers from Amsterdam
Living people
1970 births
Comedians from Amsterdam