Babs

Babs is a rapper, producer and songwriter with a mission. She cannot be pigeonholed, so she likes to kick stereotypes around gender and sexuality. Her first release appeared during the pandemic, in 2021, but the artist didn’t let the grass grow under her feet. In a short time she released 9 singles and 2 EPs, played on a full Malieveld during Bevrijdingsfestival Den Haag and made her Mainstage debut during Rotterdam Pride, after Duncan Laurence, in front of 15,000+ people. She also performed at Dauwpop, Bevrijdingsfestival Zwolle, on Dam Square (Mainstage Pride Amsterdam) and several times in the Melkweg. In addition, this year she scored her first sync in the international, award-winning hip-hop series Atlanta and was nominated for the Popprijs Overijssel. Meanwhile, she is already busy working on her next project and has writing sessions with Willie Wartaal, Linde Schöne and Shary-An, among others. As 3voor12 talent of the Popronde 2022, she already has more than 15 shows to her name throughout the Netherlands in the coming months. As a female producer and rapper, she tries to playfully counteract a male-dominated scene. Her music is a combination of fast, dominant dance drums, melodic rap and unpredictable, funky, rhythmic chords with an upbeat pop flavor, where story is key. Her goal is to use this music to bring color to society’s black-and-white thinking.