Kempi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kempi
Occupation	Rapper
Date Of Birth	Jun 18, 1986(1986-06-18)
Age	38
Birthplace	Helmond
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Birth City	Helmond
Horoscope	Gemini

Kempi Biography

Kempi is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on June 18, 1986 in Helmond, Helmond, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Jerreley Zanian John Slijger (born June 18, 1986), known by his stage name Kempi, is a Dutch rapper of Curaçaoan descent.

On July 17, 2007 Kempi met his father for the first time and his girlfriend gave birth to a son, motivating him to try to be a businessman and a father. On September 19, 2008, Kempi’s second son was born. Shortly thereafter he was arrested for pointing a gun at Hungarian rapper who provoked him at one of Kempi’s concerts; he was arrested and sentenced to a year of imprisonment. While in prison, his debut album Du Zoon (English: Tha Son) was released by TopNotch. Du Zoon was produced by the Amsterdam production trio SoundG8 (Roel Donk, Dennis Letnom and Jihad Rahmouni). The album entered the Album Top 100 in the seventh place, though Kempi later stated that prison guards would not let Kempi listen to his own album and that he should borrow it with his own money in the prison library.

In 2010 Kempi produced yet another mixtape titled Du Gangsta Tape: It’s Official. For the track “The Light”, Kempi worked with Layzie Bone of the rap formation Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. On May 15, 2010, Kempi was supposed to open for American rapper 50 Cent’s show at Rotterdam Ahoy. This show was cancelled however, due to disappointing ticket sales.

In June 2011 Kempi released his second studio album titled Het Testament van Zanian Adamus (English: The Testament of Zanian Adamus) which entered the Album Top 100 in fifteenth place.

In February 2007, Kempi was found guilty of assault. During the appeal he was sentenced to one month imprisonment. After spending six months in custody, he left prison a free man. However, in March 2007, Kempi committed another crime, he was involved in an altercation at a nightclub in Veendam, where he threatened another man with a gun. According to a newspaper someone from his rap formation pulled a gun, according to eyewitnesses it was Kempi himself. Kempi attempted to escape when he was arrested near Zwolle. In June 2008, Kempi was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for a series of serious crimes, including threats with a firearm.

Kempi Net Worth

Kempi is one of the richest Rapper from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kempi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Influenced by Tupac Shakur, Lil Wayne, and Dutch rapper Duvel, Kempi began to write down his street-life experiences, but wasn’t seriously into hip-hop yet. However, after performing in a hip-hop group named Drama, Kempi got encouraged to make his own music, and subsequently recorded his own mixtape Tsss Kempi in 2006 which was downloaded at least forty thousand times from the Internet. Kempi began to gain national prominence and was noticed by record label owner Kees de Koning, who offered him a contract on his label TopNotch which Kempi signed in jail. When Kempi signed the contract (September 2006) he was under suspicion of complicity in a stabbing; he was later found guilty. Kempi came out of custody after his second mixtape Rap ‘N Borie (English: Rap ‘N Crack) and third mixtape Mixtape 3.1 were released.

From 2006 to 2012, Kempi was signed at Dutch label TopNotch. He released two studio albums, four EP’s and seven mixtapes to date. In 2008, Kempi was named “Best Hip-Hop Artist” in the Netherlands at the prestigious State Awards. Beside his artistic activities, Kempi is also notorious for his extensive criminal record.

Kempi’s fourth mixtape was released in 2009, Mixtape 3.2: Du Evolutie van ‘n Nigga (English: Tha Evolution of a Nigga). He said it would be his last mixtape and that he would only release albums from that moment onwards. For the track “Revolution [Remix]”, Kempi worked with E.D.I. Mean and Young Noble of the American rap group Outlawz, which was co-founded by hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1995. On October 6, 2009 Kempi was a support act for American hip-hop star Lil Wayne during his show at the Heineken Music Hall.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Kempi Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Kempi Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Kempi celebrates birthday on June 18 of every year.