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Artist
Brihang
12+ albums
BelgiumHip-HopraphiphopNederlandstalig
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Brihang, born Boudy Verleye, is a Belgian rapper and hiphop artist, born in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders. He is known for rapping in his own West Flemish dialect. In 2016, his debut album zolangmogelijk was released on Fake Records. His single Steentje, from his second album CASCO, reached 'Gold' status. Brihang has been nominated multiple times for a MIA (Music Industry Awards in Belgium) and won his first MIA in 2024, with the album cover design of his third album Doomvoeding. In a 2018 interview with Belgian newspaper De Tijd, Boudy explained that his name Brihang was inspired by the word brihang, commonly used by West Flemish speakers, means as much as “(friendly) rascal” and comes from the French word brigand. Brihang is a phonetic spelling for the West Flemish dialect form of the French word. Biography Boudy Verleye was born and raised in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, one of the best-known coastal municipalities in Belgium. His parents owned a jeans store that later was transformed to a skate shop, selling street wear, in which he always got to pick out clothes from. In the store, his father played CD's from artists like Eminem, Limp Bizkit and others, sparking Boudy's interest in hiphop and rap culture. As a high school student, around the age of 15, he went to art school in Ghent and started rapping with hiphop collective De Feesters, also from Knokke. After completing high school, he studied Sculpture (mixed media) at LUCA School of Arts in Ghent. At age 20, in 2013
