“I remember that I went to live in Almere and went out with my Dutch friends, I did not have them in Amsterdam”, the rapper begins the story about his experience with discrimination. “In Almere you suddenly had Patrick and Joeri and all of them names that I had never uttered. (…) But when we went to the disco it was quite painful – that can still make me emotional – that I was at the door was refused and she was not. ” Ali was not allowed in because of his origins.
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Perhaps what hurt the rapper the most is the fact that his friends just went in and left him at the door. “I knew: I have a big mouth, but I am honest and a good person. I can just go in.” According to Ali, the police could not do anything for him either. “He said: ‘Go and file a report on Monday.’ I said, “Monday? I’m being discriminated against now, you have to do something right now.” Then they closed their windows and drove off. “
Out of frustration, Ali then wrote the lyrics to the song ‘Refused’ in the porch next to the disco. It became his second single. “A year later I was booked by the same owner of that disco.”
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That song helped lay the foundation for Ali’s current career. Not only is he a rapper, but also an entrepreneur and a jury member. He can now take a seat on the jury of Holland’s Got Talent and he is very happy with that, according to the video below.
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The new & C will be available to subscribers today and in stores tomorrow.
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