Def Rhymz
{{Short description|Surinamese and Dutch rapper (1970–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Def Rhymz
|image = Def Rhymz.jpg
|caption = Bouman in 2008
|birth_name = Dennis Bouman
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1970|5|3}}
|birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|3|24|1970|5|3}}
|death_place = Utrecht, Netherlands
|instrument =
|occupation = Rapper
|years_active = 1986–2024
|label =
|associated_acts =
}}
Dennis Bouman (3 May 1970 – 24 March 2024), known professionally as Def Rhymz,{{cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/def-rhymz-is-failliet~bb906f40/|title=Def Rhymz is failliet|last=Tiekstra|first=Jurgen|date=27 October 2005|website=de Volkskrant|access-date=22 April 2021|language=Dutch|trans-title=Def Rhymz is bankrupt}} was a Surinamese-Dutch rapper best known for his humouristic raps.
Biography
Bouman was born on 3 May 1970.{{cite web |date=3 May 2018 |title=Jarig: Def Rhymz |trans-title=Birthday: Def Rhymz |url=https://www.top40.nl/jarig-nieuws-jarig-def-rhymz |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=Dutch Top 40 |language=Dutch}} He was the first Dutch rapper ever to hit the number 1 spot on the Dutch Charts, with two songs: "Doekoe" in 1999
{{cite web
|url=http://spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/13/53248/cci/Off_the_record.html
|title=Off the record
|last=Stamkot
|first=Sigrid
|date=19 August 2005
|website=Spits
|access-date=22 April 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724165910/http://spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/13/53248/cci/Off_the_record.html
|archive-date=24 July 2011
}} and "Schudden" in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.npo3fm.nl/nieuws/mega-top-30/bbf96c8f-d43c-49ff-85c2-132b20656ad5/349965-de-top-3-van-12-3-2001-jamaicanen-op-koppositie|title=De Top 3 van 12-3-2001: Jamaicanen op koppositie|date=12 March 2016|website=NPO 3FM|access-date=22 April 2021|language=Dutch|trans-title=The Top 3 of 3-12-2001: Jamaicans in the lead}}
Bouman went on to collaborate with the otherwise English-language trio Postmen on a cover version of "De Bom ",{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Postmen+%26+Def+Rhymz&titel=De+bom&cat=s|title=Postmen & Def Rhymz - De bom|website=Dutch Charts|access-date=23 April 2021|language=Dutch}} the chart-topping 1982-hit by pop/reggae-band Doe Maar for inclusion on a tribute-album.
Besides performing, Bouman also worked as a head-chef.{{cite web|url=https://www.omroepgelderland.nl/nieuws/6700791/Def-Rhymz-opent-restaurant-in-Arnhem|title=Def Rhymz opent restaurant in Arnhem|date=8 January 2021|website=Omroep Gelderland|access-date=22 April 2021|language=Dutch|trans-title=Def Rhymz opens restaurant in Arnhem}}
Bouman died of heart failure on 24 March 2024, at the age of 53.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-25 |title=Rapper Def Rhymz uit Houten op 53-jarige leeftijd overleden aan hartfalen |url=https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/3713972/rapper-def-rhymz-uit-houten-op-53-jarige-leeftijd-overleden-aan-hartfalen |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=RTV Utrecht |language=nl}}
See also
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Category:20th-century Dutch musicians
Category:21st-century Dutch musicians
Category:Dutch-language singers
Category:Dutch people of Surinamese descent
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:Musicians from Paramaribo
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