Lange Frans

Lange Frans
Background information
Birth name Frans Christiaan Frederiks
Also known as Lange Frans, Areka
Born (1980-11-12) November 12, 1980
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Origin Diemen, Netherlands
Genres Hip hop, Urban music
Occupation(s) 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 (born 12 November 1980 in Amsterdam), known by his stage name Lange Frans, is a Dutch rapper and television presenter. Earlier he was a member of the band D-Men. Between 2004 and 2008 he was part of Lange Frans & Baas B duo before going solo.

Starting in 2008, he also worked for Dutch television station Veronica presenting programs including "My Best Friends", "Veronica Poker", "Telsell", "Lange Frans stelt Kamervragen", "Fobiac" and "Face It!".

In D-Men

Main article: D-Men

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 Lange Frans & Baas B

Lange Frans & Baas B
Main article: Lange Frans & Baas B

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 Max Poncin 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, Remi Schouwenaars and Kimo.

Solo music and radio/TV career

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.

Personal life

Lange Frans performing in Koninginnedagviering held in Delft in 2007

Discography

Albums

In Lange Frans & Baas B
Year Album Chart
peak
(NED)
[4]
Certification
2004 Supervisie 48
2005 Het land van... 27
2008 Verder 56
Solo
Year Album Chart
peak
(NED)
[4]
Certification
2012 Levenslied 7

Mixtapes

In D-Men
Solo

Singles

In D-Men
Year Single Chart
peak
(NED)
[5]
Certification Album
2004 "Mijn Feestje"
(D-Men feat. Negativ & Brutus)
27
As Lange Frans & Baas B
Year Single Chart
peak
(NED)
[4]
Chart
peak
(BEL)
(Vl)
[6]
Certification Album
2004 "Represent" 99  
"Moppi"
(feat. Brace)
3  
"Zinloos"
(feat. Ninthe)
1 43
2005 "Supervisie" 26  
"Het land van... " 1  
"Mee naar Diemen-Zuid " 9  
2006 "Ik wacht al zo lang"
(feat. Brutus & Tim)
16  
"Dit moet een zondag zijn" 79  
2008 "Kamervragen" 14  
2009 "Dit was het land van" 2  
As Lange Frans
Year Single Chart
peak
(NED)
[4]
Certification Album
2006 "Als je maar gelukkig bent"
(Gordon & Lange Frans)
69
"De leipe Bauer flavour"
(Frans Bauer feat. Ali B & Lange Frans)
14
2007 "Zwaard Van Damocles"
(Sef Thissen feat. Lange Frans)
10
2010 "Ben mezelf"
(Lange Frans)
66
"Zing voor me"
(Lange Frans & Thé Lau)
1
2011 "Stiekem"
(Fouradi feat. Lange Frans)
96
"Kom maar op (Vrij)"
(Marco Borsato with Lange Frans)
6
"Bloed gabbers"
(Lange Frans & Trijntje Oosterhuis)
58
2012 "Nieuwe dag"
(Lange Frans & Jeroen van der Boom)
29
"Nergens goed voor"
(Lange Frans & Jah6 & DJ Mass)
73
"Beloofd is beloofd"
(Lange Frans)
46
featured in
Year Single Chart
peak
(NED)
[5]
Chart
peak
(BEL)
(Vl)
[6]
Certification Album
2014 "Samen voor altijd"
(Marco Borsato with Jada Borsato
feat. Willem Frederiks & Lange Frans,
Day Ewbank & John Ewbank)
1 1

Songs and collaborations except for Lange Frans and Baas B

Appearances / Featured in

In albums
In Compilation albums and mixtapes

References

  1. "Hiphopenmark: Biographies". Hiphopenmark.mysites.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  2. "Radio Freak: Lange Frans krijgt programma op WILD FM". Radiofreak.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  3. "Geslagen scholier wil straf voor Lange Frans ("Struck student wants punishment for Lange Frans")". Archief.nieuws.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "DutchCharts.com Lange Frans discography page". DutchCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  5. 1 2 "DutchCharts.com D-Men discography page". DutchCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  6. 1 2 "Ultratop.be/nl/ Langr Frans discography page". Ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 2013-12-23.

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