Maurits Robert Delchot better known by his

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Negativ (born 8 September 1982) is a

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, actor and radio broadcaster of

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se origin from

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. Negativ became part of the rap formation

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. He has also acted films like ''

Bolletjes Blues ''Bolletjes Blues'' (''Gangsta Blues'', also known as ''Bling!'') is a 2006 Dutch musical film with Negativ as the main character, Spike. Plot Spike is a young black man from Suriname who lives in the Bijlmermeer. He is a student first, but d ...

'' and '' Complexx''. He also has his own weekly radio show where he DJs for ''Juize FM'' on Fridays.

Beginnings

Maurits was interested at a very young age in rap. He started rapping with a bunch of friends, including Keizer and others. He took part in fNally's band H.S.S. (Hinderlijke Straat Schoften). Soon he became known in the underground rap circuit taking part in several MC battles. One big battle faced him with Yukkie B, another rapper from

(East Amsterdam). This led into several quarrels between the two rappers, after which a series of diss tracks were sent back and forth between the two.

2003-2005: In D-Men

Negativ met

Lange Frans Frans Christiaan Frederiks (born 12 November 1980), known by his stage name Lange Frans, is a Dutch rapper and television presenter. From 1997 to 2004 he was a member of the band D-Men. Between 1997 and 2009 he was part of the Lange Frans & Baas B ...

already part of a band

alongside his brother

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and Bart Zeilstra known as Baas B, and convinced him to join D-Men in 2003, where he contributed greatly to the popular mixtapes of D-Men which were distributed free in the Amsterdam rap circuits, and downloadable online via the website www.straatremixes.tk On two tracks on this mixtape, he dissed the rapper B Yukkie. After the success of the ''De Straatremixes'' in 2003, two new mixtapes, ''De Straatremixes Deel 2'' and ''De Straatremixes Deel 3'' were released in 2004 again with contributions from Negativ.

Solo career

Shortly after the release of his single in January 2005, internal conflicts surfaced between Negativland and his two D-Men colleagues Lange Frans and Baas B who had now formed the duo

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, so he decided to quit D-Men. A few weeks later, a Negativ made an online track and using an instrumental from

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, he dissed Lange Frans & Baas B. It was a time ramoant of diss recordings including many from

The Opposites The Opposites are a Dutch rap group, consisting of rappers (Willy) and Twan van Steenhoven ( Big2). The two started rapping when de Bruin had to write a rap for his teacher as a punishment. Willem realized his rap potential and decided to continu ...

, Rmxcrew and Tuindorp Hustler Click (THC) dissing other rap acts. Another battle ensued between Negativ and THC in which Negativ recorded "Dacht je nou echt" ("Did you really"). Rapper Heist Rockah also dissed Negativ back. Negative answers him with the song "Hou je bek" ("Shut up"). In 2005 Negativ took part also in the mixtape ''Urban Videoz'' and ''Straathits Volume 1'' and ''Straathits Volume 2'' with DJ MBA. On Loyalty Records he released the hit "Niets is wat het zijn moet" with Ebon-E. In 2005, he also had a joint single with

in "Mijn Feestje" In 2006 Negativ made his film debut, he plays the main character Spike in the movie ''

''. For this role he was nominated for

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at the

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in 2006. In December 2006, Negativ received negative publicity after he was furious at the Tilburg festival threw a keyboard on the floor, resulting physical commotion to ensue. In May 2008, during an interview with Propz Magazine, he confirmed that he had been recording tracks for the street remix ''4 Mixtape'', with other rappers

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. On September 26, 2008 mixtape ''Hinderlijk'' (''Annoying'') was released via Juize.FM radio station, also bringing the single "Money Money Buit Buit". The song also featured on a new Dutch television series called ''Flow''. BUT eventually he withdrew his support from the project saying that there was no quarrel,but that "the only reason why I make music because I like and I do not do anything to make money or because it would be useful for my career." He was offered a television role as a prisoner in the telefilm ''Skin'', and he starred in the TV series ''Flow'' and entered into the program ''Back2School''. In 2009, he released a single "Skud Skuddem' with a remix single featuring

Ali B Ali Bouali, known professionally as Ali B (born 16 October 1981), is a Dutch-Moroccan rapper. He is one of the most well known rappers in the Netherlands and he has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato. In 2007 he made an ...

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. He also appeared in a TV documentary about angry people.

Record label Nindo

In 2010 he founded his own record label Nindo, where he performed his mixtape ''Hinderlijker''. Rapper Keizer, an old friend from earlier days also signed to the label. Later signed Bokoesam to the label

Awards / Nomination

*Nominated in 2006 for Best actor

during the

for his role in ''

Personal life

*Negativ became a father in 2006 of a daughter, Katie.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

*2008: ''Hinderlijk Mixtape'' *2010: ''Hinderlijker Mixtape''

Singles

;Other releases *2008: "Money money buit buit" *2009: "Skud skuddem" (feat Sjaak,

) ;Featured in

Collaboration with D-Men

All mixtape releases are on D-Men Entertainment 2003: '' De straatremixes'' 2004: '' De Straatremixes Deel 2'' 2004: '' De Straatremixes Deel 3''

Tracks on various compilation albums

2003: '' De Gastenlijst'' 2004: ''

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'' 2005: '' De Beste Nederhop'' 2005: ''

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Tracks as a featured artist

2005:

- '' Mijn pad'' 2006:

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- '' De Nationale Overname Mixtape'' 2006: Nino - '' Transmigratie'' (mixtape) 2006:

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- '' De bazen van de club'' 2007: Nino - '' Transmigratie 2'' 2007: Nino - '' Transmigratie 3'' 2008:

- '' Total Los! De Mixtape Vol. 1'' 2007: Reejon - '' Regen voor de storm'' 2008/2009: Nino - '' Stilte Voor De Storm'' 2009: Dicecream - '' De blaastest'' 2009: PUNA.NL - ''Propaganda'' 2009: Keizer - ''Straategisch'' 2010: Keizer - ''De oorzaak II''

Diss tracks

Negativ has been at both ends of dissing tracks between rappers. Here are his diss track recordings

Film soundtracks

2006: '' Bolletjes Blues Original Soundtrack''

Filmography

;Feature films *2006: ''

'' as Spike *2007: ''Complexx'' as Max *2008: " Grand Theft Auto 4" as Niko Bellic *2010: ''Gangsterboys'' *2012: ''Alleen maar nette mensen'' as Ryan *2013: "Hoe duur was de suiker" "as Cesar *2014:"kankerlijers" as Alfredo *2015: 'fissa de film' ;Telefilms *2008: ''Skin'' (telefilm) as Gevangene ;TV series *2008-2009: ''Flow'' as Nova *2014: ''StartUp'' as Smit ;Documentaries *2009: ''Lucia Rijker onder boze jongeren'' as Himself Animated movies 2013: planes as "Teug" 2013: turbo as "Coole Kanjer"

References

External links

Official website
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