| Ali B | |
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Ali B in 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ali Bouali |
| Born | 16 October 1981 Zaanstad, Netherlands |
| Genres | Hip Hop, Urban Pop |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | SPEC Entertainment |
| Website | www.alib.nl (Dutch) |
Ali B (real name Ali Bouali) is a Dutch rapper of Moroccan descent.[1] He has been noted as the first Moroccan-Dutch star in Dutch pop culture,[2] "perhaps the most popular rapper in the Netherlands",[3] and has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato.
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Ali B married his then-manager Breghje, with whom he lives in Almere. They have two sons, Omar and Amir.
In March 2004, Ali B participated in a special edition of Dutch television station RTL 4's The Weakest Link. Ali B voted Jan Smit (a Dutch singer) out, spelling his name on the board as "Jan Shit". As a result, he and Smit's manager, as well as Smit himself, entered into a fight.
On Wednesday 27 December 2006, Ali B organised a fireworks display on the marketplace in order to launch and introduce the new radio station TMF at Staphorst. A funeral was being conducted in the vicinity of the display, and complaints were made that it was disruptive to the ceremony (after which Ali B contacted the mother of the deceased boy). No licences had been issued for the firework display by the municipality, on which grounds Staphorst filed a case against Ali B. Ali B claimed defamation, and in the end only received a warning.
Ali B is one of the few rappers from the Netherlands who became a millionair because of his music and TV shows.The others being: Yes-R, Kempi, Salah Edin, Extince, Brainpower and Opgezwolle .
| Albums in the Dutch Album Top 20/50/100 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali B vertelt het leven van de straat | 30-03-2004 | 28-08-2004 | 19 | 45 | Length: 1:04:45 |
| Petje Af | 2006 | 20-10-2006 | Length: 1:02:47 | ||
| Ali B Geeft Antwoord | 2011 | ||||
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waar gaat dit heen? | 26-4-2003 | tip | feat. Karima | ||
| Ik ben je zat | 10-7-2004 | 3 | 20 | feat. Brace | |
| Wat zou je doen | 25-9-2004 | 1 | 18 | feat. Marco Borsato | |
| Leipe mocro flavour | 2-4-2005 | 2 | 11 | feat. Yes-R and Brace | |
| Hartendief | 27-8-2005 | 7 | 9 | feat. Brace | |
| Het kind | 19-11-2005 | 38 | 2 | feat. Brace and J-Rock | |
| Ghetto remix | 18-2-2006 | 3 | 13 | feat. Akon and Yes-R | |
| Rampeneren | 6-5-2006 | 4 | 15 | feat. Yes-R & The Partysquad | |
| Hard to get | 13-5-2006 | tip | feat. Gio & The Partysquad & Ambush | ||
| Celebrate, iedereen, ewa! | 03-06-2006 | - | feat. Yes-R | ||
| Wij houden van Oranje | 10-6-2006 | 2 | 5 | feat. André Hazes | |
| Zomervibe | 12-8-2006 | 28 | 4 | feat. Yolanthe van Kasbergen | |
| Till morning | 18-11-2006 | 38 | 2 | feat. Ziggi | |
| Dit gaat fout | 24-2-2007 | 20 | 6 | feat. Gio | |
| Jeweetzelluf | ? | - | - | feat. The Opposites | |
| Groupie Love | 03-10-2007 | 20 | feat. Yes-R, Darryl and Gio | ||
| Eeyeeyooo | 03-10-2007 | 20 | feat. Soumia, Darryl and Rio | ||