# RS (rapper)

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**Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam** (27 October 2000 – 3 September 2019), better known under his pseudonym **RS**, was a [Dutch](/source/The_Netherlands) [drill rapper](/source/Drill_music) and the former frontman of the drill rap group FOG.[1] He has been described as "the most well-known member" of one of the most significant drill rap groups of the Netherlands.[2]

## Life

Grootfaam was born in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) on 27 October 2000.[3] He was raised by parents with an [Afro-Surinamese](/source/Afro-Surinamese) background. As a teenager, he followed a [vmbo](/source/Voorbereidend_middelbaar_beroepsonderwijs) education at Bindelmeer College in Amsterdam.[4] Around this time, he started to create hip hop. A few years later, Grootfaam founded the drill rap group FOG.

## Music

Grootfaam's music was characterized by a demonic and dark aesthetic. He rapped about violence, criminality and his life in the neighbourhood [Venserpolder](/source/Venserpolder).

## Death

On 3 September 2019 Grootfaam was stabbed to death by a member of a rival drill rap group.[1][4] It was the first time in [Dutch history](/source/Dutch_history) that someone died as a result of a drill feud.[5]

Grootfaam's death formed an important moment for the Dutch societal discussion about what role drill rap had played in the at the time increasing cases of knife violence among the youth.[6]

## References

1. Maarten van Dun and Paul Vugts (4 December 2019). ["Jeugdbendes in Zuidoost: drillrapper werd gedood met kapmes"](https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/jeugdbendes-in-zuidoost-drillrapper-werd-gedood-met-kapmes~b606ca58/) [Youthgangs in the Southeast: drill rapper was killed with a machete] (in Dutch). Het Parool.

1. Bahara, Hassan (23 August 2020). ["Wie zijn de drillrapgroepen die zoveel zorgen baren?"](https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/wie-zijn-de-drillrapgroepen-die-zoveel-zorgen-baren~bcedd124/) [Who are the drill rap groups that people are so concerned about?] (in Dutch). De Volkskrant.

1. ["In Memoriam Jay-Ronne Steven Grootfaam"](https://www.beri.nl/berichtdetail.php?nr=17479). *beri.nl - Surinaamse Familieberichten*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201016182356/https://www.beri.nl/berichtdetail.php?nr=17479) 16 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Tromp, Jan (6 March 2020). ["Naar school zonder ontbijt – maar met een mes"](https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2020/naar-school-zonder-ontbijt-maar-met-een-mes~v379709/) [Going to school without breakfast - but with a knife] (in Dutch). De Volkskrant.

1. ["Celstraf en jeugd-tbs voor doodsteken drillrapper in Amsterdam"](https://nos.nl/artikel/2371827-celstraf-en-jeugd-tbs-voor-doodsteken-drillrapper-in-amsterdam) (in Dutch). NOS Nieuws. 8 March 2021.

1. Bahara, Hassan (23 October 2019). ["Is drillmuziek de katalysator voor de recente geweldsgolf onder jongeren?"](https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/is-drillmuziek-de-katalysator-voor-de-recente-geweldsgolf-onder-jongeren~b778afd9/) [Is drill music the catalyser for the recent wave of youth violence?] (in Dutch). De Volkskrant.

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