| Lange Frans | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Frans Christiaan Frederiks |
| Also known as | Lange Frans, Areka |
| Born | September 12, 1980 |
| Origin | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Genres | Hip hop, Urban music |
| Occupations | Rapper, radio personality, TV presenter, record producer |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Labels | TopNotch |
| Associated acts | D-Men, Brutus, Lange Frans & Baas B |
| Website | Official Site |
Frans Christiaan Frederiks known by his stage name Lange Frans (born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 12 November 1980) is a Dutch rapper and television presenter. Earlier he was part of the band D-Men. Between 2004 and 2008 he was part of Lange Frans & Baas B duo before going solo.
Starting 2008, he also worked for Dutch television station Veronica presenting programs including "My Best Friends", "Veronica Poker", "Lange Frans stelt Kamervragen", "Fobiac" and "Face It!".
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In 1997, he was a founding member of a band alongside his rapper brother Brutus Frederiks and childhood friend Bart Zeilstra better known as Baas B. After a freestyle session on a basketball court in Diemen-Zuid, they created hiphop band D-Men.[1] The English pronunciation of "D-Men" is similar to the Dutch pronunciation of the name of their home town. As D-Men they released their first single entitled "Zoveel Mensen" ("So Many People"), and in 2001, they won a talent contest that was organised by Stichting Grap ("Joke Foundation") in 2001. In later years, many artists joined D-Men, namely Brace, Yes-R & Soesi B, Negativ and DJ MBA.
In 2004, Frans and Bart Zeilstra already in D-Men formed the duo Lange Frans & Baas B and had a successful career for more than 4 years with three albums Supervisie (2004), Het land van (2005) and Verder (2008) and a number of singles the most successful of which were "Moppie", "Zinloos" both in 2004 and "Mee naar Diemen-Zuid" in 2005. After the murder of Theo van Gogh on 2 November 2004 the single "Zinloos" was adapted and some of the lyrics amended to mourn in death. The band split up in March 2009.
The duo came under criticism for over-commercialization of his music from D-Men colleague Negativ and from other Dutch rappers Def P and Kimo.
Lange Frans continued his solo career with varied success. His biggest commercial success was with the single "Zing voor me" featuring Thé Lau. It reached #5 on the Dutch Singles Chart.
He has a 2-hour radio program Lange Frans Goes Wild on WILD FM broadcast on prime time between 7 and 9 pm.[2] Together with his brother Brutus, he also had a weekly radio show at hip-hop station Lijn5 under the latter's demise.
| Albums in the Dutch Album Top 20/50/100 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervisie | 2004 | 11-09-2004 | 48 | 18 | |
| Het land van | 24-11-2005 | 03-12-2005 | 27 | 14 | |
| Verder | 23-04-2008 | 03-05-2008 | 56 | 5 | |
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praktijk ervaring | 2008 | - | Promotional CD | ||
| Praktijk ervaring 2 | 2009 | - | Promotional CD | ||
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Mijn feestje" | 08-01-2005 | 28 | 6 | Brutus & Negativ | |
| "Stel je voor" | 09-04-2005 | 37 | 3 | Yes-R and Baas B | |
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Represent" | 03-2004 | - | #99 in the Single Top 100 | ||
| "Moppie" | 2004 | 10-07-2004 | 3 | 14 | feat Brace |
| "Zinloos" | 2004 | 23-10-2004 | 1 (3wk) | 15 | feat Ninthe |
| "Supervisie" | 2005 | 23-04-2005 | 35 | 2 | |
| "Het land van..." (Live) | 2005 | 08-10-2005 | 1 (2wk) | 16 | |
| "Mee naar Diemen-Zuid" | 2005 | 10-12-2005 | 16 | 9 | |
| "Ik wacht al zo lang" | 2006 | 22-04-2006 | 18 | 7 | feat Brutus and Di-rect (Tim Akkerman) |
| "Dit moet een zondag zijn" | 2006 | 29-07-2006 | tip6 | - | |
| "Kamervragen" | 04-02-2008 | - | #14 in the Single Top 100 | ||
| "Dit was het land van" | 2009 | 04-04-2009 | tip3 | - | #2 in the Single Top 100 |
| Singles in the Dutch Top 40 | |||||
| Title | Release date |
Entry date |
Highest position |
#Weeks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Als je maar gelukkig bent" | 2006 | 11-11-2006 | tip10 | - | feat Gordon / #69 in the Single Top 100 |
| "De leipe Bauer flavour" | 2006 | - | with Frans Bauer & Ali B / #14 in the Single Top 100 | ||
| "Zwaard van Damocles" | 2007 | - | feat Sef Thissen / #10 in the Single Top 100 | ||
| "Me boy" | 10-12-2009 | 19-12-2009 | tip11 | - | feat Yes-R & Ali B |
| "Ben mezelf" | 23-07-2010 | - | #66 in the Single Top 100 | ||
| "Zing voor me" | 19-11-2010 | 04-12-2010 | 5 | 12 | feat Thé Lau / #1 in the Single Top 100 |
| "Kom maar op (Vrij)" | 2011 | 16-04-2011 | 29 | 5 | with Marco Borsato / #6 in the Single Top 100 |
| Stiekem | 2011 | - | Fouradi feat Lange Frans/ #96 in the Single Top 100 | ||