Rapper Dave Rims has died at the age of 53, according to his former record label Top Notch. His current management could not yet be reached for confirmation, but friends and colleagues have also reported his death.

The cause of death is unknown, but Dave Reams said on a podcast at the end of last year that he was waiting for a donor heart. He had already undergone several heart operations because his left heart valve was not working.

Many colleagues reacted to his death. Rapper MC Brainpower says on X that he’s shocked. “This hits you hard. I met you somewhere in the early ’90s. After that, we bumped into each other almost constantly on the road for over 25 years and hung out regularly. Rest in peace, Dave.” “Bro, you went to rest. We will always love you,” Rotterdam rapper U-Nick wrote.

The artist was especially popular at the turn of the century. It was his first hit Doyko From 1999. In December of that year, the song spent one week at number one on the Top 40 chart.

It was his biggest hit shake, It is a bubbly remix of the song Love comes home By DJ Jan. The DJ recently told FunX host Fernando Halman that he gave Def Rhymz permission to use his song, on the condition that his name is mentioned in the song. That’s why the song starts with: “This is a loud remix by DJ Jean!”

The DJ said he was surprised by the intro because everyone thought he made the remix. “You could think from this text that I wrote it. But I think they weren’t paying attention or something,” DJ Jean says in the interview.

Dennis Bowman, as the rapper is called, was born in Suriname in 1970. He came to the Netherlands with his family at about the age of three.

His style can be described as humorous. In an interview a few months ago, Bowman said he liked to play with words to write a “catchy” script.

He began rapping in the 1980s, initially in English and Dutch, but later only in Dutch. He was also in a reggae band. He released the song in the late nineties Doyko He told TopNotch founder Kees de Koning who was immediately excited and offered him a contract.

His career took off immediately and his dream came true, he says on Fernando Hallman’s podcast. “My dream was to become really famous. I wanted people to be able to sing my songs.”

However, there was a downside, the rapper says. “I was very happy, but I was starting to float a little. I thought I would always be known.” After releasing some popular songs, he disappeared from the charts.

Dave Rims then had several businesses, including organizing parties. But his companies were not always successful. “I also had debts and went bankrupt.”

However, his songs are still played in discos, and he performs several times a year. especially shake Still popular.