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Blackrockstar
(Soul, R&B, Hip-Hop)
BlackRockStar is Rapper, Singer and Producer Rivelino Rigters. From the age of 14he started writing song lyrics after hearing a cd recording by a schoolmate and that lit the fire.
Inspired by groups and artists like Public Enemy, Ice Cube and Michael Jackson. After his conversion at the age of 16, he had the desire to share the gospel trough music. He first found his way to the stages at the age of 17 with gospel choir the Go Gang. In this group he discovered his passion for live performance and began to develop a passion for writing his own songs.
After many years of touring under the wings of various groups such as Gospelboulevard and the Ronduit Praise Band, he found it was time in 2002 to start working full-time as an artist himself. That year he released his first single “Pull Yourself 2gether”, which was produced by Evert Nieuwstede who has worked with Billy Preston and Herman Brood. A few years later, he released his first EP titled “Takin ‘up my chances” which received a lot of positive reviews in the CCM circuit. This EP was recorded and produced in collaboration with JayP Beijersbergen. In 2006 he founded the LOUD Foundation, a foundation through which he helped young people discover their talents in order to help increase their self-confidence through workshops and talent development. In 2006 he also received an invitation from World Vision to go to Uganda as a music ambassador to perform and to give music workshops to former child soldiers and HIV orphans. Through music he helped these young people express their feelings positively through music. This was an inspiring and life-changing experience that motivated him to get even more out of life as a person, artist and entrepreneur. In consecutive years he was chosen as Serious Talent on 3FM with his band RIVE and received a lot of airplay on the radio with their hitsingle “Growing, and his clip for “Easy Lover” was played extensively on television at TMF / MTV and Xite. RIVE’s debut album got alot of positive reviews in old music magazines like OOR, FRET, LiveXS and others. He also won the Heineken Heidepop Award and took part in the “Talented” project, initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. He also successfully released the song “Samira Kom Terug” together with rapper Kamikaze, which brought them a lot of shows and publicity on national TV and radio. This was followed by various tours through Europe with his band RIVE and he also contributed to various books including the Street Bible, parts 2 and 3 and “God is not white”. He also contributed to the play “David” which was performed in 5 cities for sold-out theaters troughout the Netherlands.
On August 2015 he released his first book “Lifestyle” in collaboration with Leonie de Beer and Arkmedia. Which sold 1000 copies. For this book he developed a special concert called “Eat & Read” sessions in which he visited juvenile prisons, youth centers and community centers to talk to young people, youth workers and parents about challenging situations including sexuality, mindset, crime and living with love and respect. He spent most of 2016 touring various theaters and schools with his play, “The stories of a Blackrockstar”, which is based upon on his life.
In February 2017 he released his new single “Be A Nelson” that calls on people to commit themselves to love, unity and togetherness and with this he toured the country with Ilco van der Linde, founder of Masterpeace, Dance4Life and the Dutch Liberation Festival.
September 2017, he released his second book “The choices you make” in collaboration with Ark Media and Ark Mission. 5000 copies of this book have been sold in The Netherlands, Suriname, Aruba and Uganda, and parts were made available for free distribution in all prisons in the Netherlands, including juvenile prisons. In May 2018 he released his new LP “Choices” on vinyl, CD and Spotify. This record received positive reviews in the Parbode, among others. On May 1st, 2020, the first chapter “Friendship” of his 3rd book “Blood Band” was released online on his website www.blackrockstar.com. Each chapter that comes out every month also has a special soundtrack, with or without a video clip that can be seen and heard on Spotify and Youtube. The book ‘Bloedband’ was released March 2021 and he’s expecting to release the soundtrack album in the spring of 2022, which will feature Candy Dulfer, Shirma Rouse and Pearl Jozefzoon amongst others. Be on the lookout for this Rockstar with a big heart to impact this world is a big way!
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Kevin James has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry in various facets. He has worked as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, on-air radio personality, background actor and film director. Kevin is a Member of the National Writer's Union.