Bilal Wahib
Bilal El Mehdi Wahib (born in Amsterdam, 20 January 1999) is a Dutch actor, singer and rapper. He has appeared in diverse Dutch films and series like Nieuwe buren, SpangaS, Mocro Maffia and Commando's and films Layla M., De Held, De libi and Paradise Drifters portrayed mainly in ethnic roles. In 2020, he won the Golden Calf for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Paradise Drifters in the role of Yousef.
Besides frequent appearances on screen, he also developed a music career with a number of singles starting 2019. His debiut charting single was from the soundtrack of the film he had a role in, De libi, resulting in the single "Vliegen". His 2020 hit "Tigers" and his 2021 hit "501" both topped the Dutch Single Top 100 chart and peaked at number 3 on the Dutch Top 40 charts. He was nominated to top 5 of the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch Act for 2020 but did not win.
In March 2021, Wahib came under scrutiny after appearing in a controversial live stream on Instagram in which Wahib requested a 12 year old boy to expose himself in front of his audience in exchange for 17,000 euro, a request the boy acted upon. This resulted in Wahib being dropped from BNNVARA and his record label TopNotch.
El Mehdi
- 2021-11-25T00:00:00.000000Z
Ibiza
- 2021-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z
Paranoia
- 2021-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z
501
- 2021-02-25T00:00:00.000000Z
Donderdag
- 2020-10-21T00:00:00.000000Z
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