Jav'lin

Born and raised in the city of Rotterdam ('Rufferdamn' in hip hop-lingo, 'cause of the roughness of it and the Dutch hip hop-capital according to many) this female MC started writing at a very young age. A then young Jav’lin would pick up a pen and scribble down rhymes for 'Sinterklaas' (a Dutch celebration where people hand out presents to each other, along with self-written poems). Although she doesn't know when exactly, she got caught up with the hip hop fever when she was 13-14 years old. It's also around that time that she started writing actual rhymes in English. In the years after that, she kept on building' on her rhyme skills and her delivery. Being influenced by fellow female MC's like Eve ,Jean grae ,Foxy Brown ,Rah Digga and (off course) Queen Latifah, but also more thuggedout MC's like Tupac ,Mobb Deep ,Lost Boys, Immortal Technique ,Black Rob and Yukmouth. Being busy in the local scene of Rotterdam, she has developed quite her own style. With a straight up and no nonsense attitude, she combines heartfelt lyrics about the facts of life with a strong yet quite smooth flow, appealing to both hardcore hip hop-heads as other more mainstream listeners. She has worked with respected underground artists like Unorthodox, Dwayne, Delano (Kshaw), big mic, Kain Slim, ShoGun, Blacksoul and DJ Fader and given guidance by Mc's like Riza (NL), Will Power (USA), Baba Israel (USA) RmagedDon (NL) and Deams (NL). The end of last year she did, besides releasing tracks on various mixtapes, a track on the REDRUM underground hits PT II called “up against the wall”. Earlier this year she jammed live on air with Riza at 3FM. She has won a local rap contest and came in second at another one. This all makes her a talented MC with great potential for the near future. She has done numerous performances all over the country. Reaching for the stars, Jav’lin is trying to reach as much people as she possibly can. The sky's the limit... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.