RS (rapper)

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| name = RS

| image = Drill rapper RS.png

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| birth_name = Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam

| alias = TrappyDemon,{{clear}}Almighty RS

| birth_date = {{Birth date|2000|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| origin = Venserpolder, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|09|03|2000|10|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

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| instrument = Vocals

| years_active = 2015–2019

| associated_acts = Lowkey,{{clear}} RK

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Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam (27 October 2000 – 3 September 2019), better known under his pseudonym RS, was a Dutch drill rapper and the former frontman of the drill rap group FOG.{{cite news

| author = Maarten van Dun and Paul Vugts

| date = 4 December 2019

| title = Jeugdbendes in Zuidoost: drillrapper werd gedood met kapmes

| trans-title = Youthgangs in the Southeast: drill rapper was killed with a machete

| url = https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/jeugdbendes-in-zuidoost-drillrapper-werd-gedood-met-kapmes~b606ca58/

| publisher = Het Parool

| language = nl

}} He has been described as "the most well-known member" of one of the most significant drill rap groups of the Netherlands.{{cite news

| last = Bahara

| first = Hassan

| date = 23 August 2020

| title = Wie zijn de drillrapgroepen die zoveel zorgen baren?

| trans-title = Who are the drill rap groups that people are so concerned about?

| url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/wie-zijn-de-drillrapgroepen-die-zoveel-zorgen-baren~bcedd124/

| publisher = De Volkskrant

| language = nl

}}

Life

Grootfaam was born in Amsterdam on 27 October 2000.{{cite web

|url= https://www.beri.nl/berichtdetail.php?nr=17479

|title= In Memoriam Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam

|website= beri.nl - Surinaamse Familieberichten

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201016182356/https://www.beri.nl/berichtdetail.php?nr=17479

|archive-date= 16 October 2020

}} He was raised by parents with an Afro-Surinamese background. As a teenager, he followed a vmbo education at Bindelmeer College in Amsterdam. Around this time, he started to create hip hop. A few years later, Grootfaam founded the drill rap group FOG.

Music

Grootfaam's music was characterized by a demonic and dark aesthetic. He rapped about violence, criminality and his life in the neighbourhood Venserpolder.

Death

On 3 September 2019 Grootfaam was stabbed to death by a member of a rival drill rap group.{{cite news

| last = Tromp

| first = Jan

| date = 6 March 2020

| title = Naar school zonder ontbijt – maar met een mes

| trans-title = Going to school without breakfast - but with a knife

| url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2020/naar-school-zonder-ontbijt-maar-met-een-mes~v379709/

| publisher = De Volkskrant

| language = nl

}} It was the first time in Dutch history that someone died as a result of a drill feud.{{cite news

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| date = 8 March 2021

| title = Celstraf en jeugd-tbs voor doodsteken drillrapper in Amsterdam

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| url = https://nos.nl/artikel/2371827-celstraf-en-jeugd-tbs-voor-doodsteken-drillrapper-in-amsterdam

| publisher = NOS Nieuws

| language = nl

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Grootfaam's death formed an important moment for the Dutch societal discussion about what role drill rap had played in the at the time increasing cases of knife violence among the youth.{{cite news

| last = Bahara

| first = Hassan

| date = 23 October 2019

| title = Is drillmuziek de katalysator voor de recente geweldsgolf onder jongeren?

| trans-title = Is drill music the catalyser for the recent wave of youth violence?

| url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/is-drillmuziek-de-katalysator-voor-de-recente-geweldsgolf-onder-jongeren~b778afd9/

|url-access = subscription

| publisher = De Volkskrant

| language = nl

}}