Mateusz Zawistowski (born July 2, 1994), known professionally as Żabson, is a Polish rapper and

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Life

Żabson was born on July 2, 1994 in

Opoczno Opoczno ) is a town in south-central Poland, in eastern part of Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship (1975–1998). It has a long and rich history, and in the past it used to be one of the most importa ...

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and was raised there. In 2011 he came to

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

and looked for people who were also interested in rap. He took part in freestyle fights in clubs, where he met the rapper Chaos. Thanks to him he started his music career. He also went to

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in Kielce. His stage name is the nickname his friends called him when he was younger. On July 14, 2015, he released his debut mini-album, titled ''NieKumam''. On June 20, 2016, he unveiled his second EP titled ''Passion Fruits''. On February 23, 2018, he released his debut studio album, titled ''To ziomal''. The release debuted at number 3 on the Polish

OLiS OLiS (Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaży; en, Official Sales Chart) is the official chart of the highest selling music albums in Poland. The chart exists since 23 October 2000 and is provided by Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry, ZPAV. This is ...

sales list.

sales in the period 23.02.2018 - 01.03.2018

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/ref> On August 15, he released a follow-up EP titled ''Trapollo''. In 2018, he participated with

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, Sitek and Sokół in "Projekt tymczasem" organized by EB, Polish beer brand. In 2019, he released another album titled ''Internaziomal''. On February 1, 2021, he released the mixtape ''Ziomalski Mixtape''. He has collaborated with artists such as Borixon,

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, Białas, Kaz Bałagane, Solar and Sitek, among others. Żabson is inspired by music from

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and

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. Some of his favorite artists are

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, Travis Scott,

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, and

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(who he believes started a new era of hip-hop). He loves simple trap backgrounds. He has a very melodic way of rapping. He doesn't try to convey a message - he prefers to talk about parties, girls and making money.

Dyscography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

EPs

Mixtapes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabson Polish musicians Polish rappers 1994 births Living people People from Opoczno