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Kraantje Pappie
Alex van der Zouwen, AKA Kraantje Pappie, is an offbeat Dutch rapper and TV
presenter. He began making a name for himself on the Dutch hip-hop scene around
the mid to late 2000s with live performances and mixtapes, going on to with the
2007 Groningen hip-hop competition Before the Fame Awards and kick-starting his
career in earnest.
It wasn't until 2012, however, that he put out his first full-length album,
'Crane' (or 'Noah's Ark'). It featured contributions from Groningen-based
producers Noisia, who brought in grime influences to complement Van der Zouwen's
rhyming techniq...
