Ali B

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Ali B

Ali B in 2008
Background information
Birth name Ali Bouali
Born 16 October 1981 (1981-10-16) (age 30)
Zaanstad, Netherlands
Genres Hip Hop, Urban Pop
Occupations Rapper
Years active 1999–present
Labels SPEC Entertainment
Website www.alib.nl (Dutch)
This article is about Dutch rapper of Moroccan origin. For American rapper previously part of St. Lunatics, see Ali (rapper). For French rapper previously part of French rap group Lunatic, see Ali (French rapper).

Ali B (real name Ali Bouali) is a Dutch rapper of Moroccan descent.[1] He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch star in Dutch pop culture,[2] "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands",[3] and has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato.

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[edit] Personal life

Ali B married his then-manager Breghje, with whom he lives in Almere. They have two sons, Omar and Amir.

Jan Smit incident

In March 2004, Ali B participated in a special edition of Dutch television station RTL 4's The Weakest Link. Ali B voted Jan Smit (a Dutch singer) out, spelling his name on the board as "Jan Shit". As a result, he and Smit's manager, as well as Smit himself, entered into a fight.

Firework incident at Staphorst

On Wednesday 27 December 2006, Ali B organised a fireworks display on the marketplace in order to launch and introduce the new radio station TMF at Staphorst. A funeral was being conducted in the vicinity of the display, and complaints were made that it was disruptive to the ceremony (after which Ali B contacted the mother of the deceased boy). No licences had been issued for the firework display by the municipality, on which grounds Staphorst filed a case against Ali B. Ali B claimed defamation, and in the end only received a warning.

Ali B is one of the few rappers from the Netherlands who became a millionair because of his music and TV shows.The others being: Yes-R, Kempi, Salah Edin, Extince, Brainpower and Opgezwolle .

[edit] Discography

Ali B
Albums in the Dutch Album Top 20/50/100
Title Release
date		 Entry
date		  Highest 
position		  #Weeks  Notes 
Ali B vertelt het leven van de straat 30-03-2004 28-08-2004 19 45 Length: 1:04:45
Petje Af 2006 20-10-2006 Length: 1:02:47
Ali B Geeft Antwoord 2011

[edit] Singles

Singles in the Dutch Top 40
Title Release
date		 Entry
date		  Highest 
position		  #Weeks  Notes 
Waar gaat dit heen? 26-4-2003 tip feat. Karima
Ik ben je zat 10-7-2004 3 20 feat. Brace
Wat zou je doen 25-9-2004 1 18 feat. Marco Borsato
Leipe mocro flavour 2-4-2005 2 11 feat. Yes-R and Brace
Hartendief 27-8-2005 7 9 feat. Brace
Het kind 19-11-2005 38 2 feat. Brace and J-Rock
Ghetto remix 18-2-2006 3 13 feat. Akon and Yes-R
Rampeneren 6-5-2006 4 15 feat. Yes-R & The Partysquad
Hard to get 13-5-2006 tip feat. Gio & The Partysquad & Ambush
Celebrate, iedereen, ewa! 03-06-2006 - feat. Yes-R
Wij houden van Oranje 10-6-2006 2 5 feat. André Hazes
Zomervibe 12-8-2006 28 4 feat. Yolanthe van Kasbergen
Till morning 18-11-2006 38 2 feat. Ziggi
Dit gaat fout 24-2-2007 20 6 feat. Gio
Jeweetzelluf ? - - feat. The Opposites
Groupie Love 03-10-2007 20 feat. Yes-R, Darryl and Gio
Eeyeeyooo 03-10-2007 20 feat. Soumia, Darryl and Rio

[edit] References

Footnotes
  1. ^ van Wijk, Jetteke (4 April 2007). "Dutch rapper Ali B. in Middle East". Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ali070404-redirected. Retrieved 22 January 2010. 
  2. ^ Kooijman, Jaap (2008). Fabricating the absolute fake: America in contemporary pop culture. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 113. ISBN 9053564926. 
  3. ^ Miezkowski, Sylvia; Smith, Joy; de Valck, Marijke (2008). Sonic interventions. Rodopi. pp. 269. ISBN 9042022949. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j18GvIS90K0C&dq=%22ali+b%22+rapper+moroccan&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 

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