Julliard Frans (born March 18, 1987), known professionally as Hef, is a Dutch rapper.

Career

Julliard Frans was born in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

and is of

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an and

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se descent. He is a brother of fellow rappers

Adje Julmar Simons (born October 2, 1982), known professionally as Adje (or Ado'nis), is a Dutch rapper. Career Julmar Simons was born in Amsterdam to a Curaçaoan mother and a Surinamese father.Het ParoolRapper Adje kent de wereld van Sleepers m ...

and Crooks. He grew up in the borough

Hoogvliet Hoogvliet is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2004, it had 36,619 inhabitants. There is also a national chain of Dutch supermarkets with the same name. History The village Hoogvliet was first mentioned on 26 May 1326 in the ar ...

in Rotterdam, which he considered a problem neighbourhood. During his childhood, his parents sold drugs while he was playing with his toys next to them. He eventually began selling drugs himself and began stealing goods, such as scooters and bicycles. He has left the offenses behind him and began focusing on music. In 2008, he gained attention for his rap songs about street life in Hoogvliet, when he released the single "Puur". The same year he released the mixtape ''Boyz in de hood vol. 1'' with his brothers Adje and Crooks, for which they won a State Award.De Correspondent
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/ref> In 2009, he released the mixtape ''Hefvermogen'', which was re-released by the label Noah's Ark as his debut album in 2010. The album contained the tracks "Overal", "Gone" featuring Major and "Op een missie".

Discography

Studio albums *''Hefvermogen'' (2009) *''Papierwerk'' (2012) *''13'' (2015) *''Ruman'' (2016) *''Geit'' (2017) *''Koud'' (2019) *''Tranen'' (2019) *''Rook'' (2020) *''Hefvermogen 2'' (2022)

References

1987 births Living people Dutch rappers Dutch people of Curaçao descent Dutch people of Surinamese descent Musicians from Rotterdam {{Netherlands-musician-stub