About
Pascal Griffioen (Amsterdam, December 16, 1969), better known as Def P, is a Dutch rapper who mainly became known as frontman of the Osdorp Posse.
Breakthrough
In 1988 he went to America for a while. He thought that rap was best done in your own language, after which he founded Posse with his cousin DJ IJsblok and friends Seda and King Arthur Osdorp. They were the first group to successfully rap in Dutch, and thus formed the basis for the breakthrough of Dutch hip hop. They called this 'hop hop'.
Artist
In 1998 de Osdorp Posse founded its own record label, RAMP Records. Def P released two solo albums on this album. He also made records in the Def P & Beatbusters combination. On this label he also made documentaries and radio plays, and later theater plays. In the 90s of the 20th century he also showed his drawing and painting work at exhibitions, wrote columns and made a comic book (Verfallstad). He also designs the covers of his solo and group albums. Since 2001 he also presents the program Counterbalance For Balance on Kink FM on Monday evening.
In 2007 he was part of the Beukorkest.
In 2012 he started new projects: Digibombers (Def P & Jerome XL), Def P and the Howling Coyotes (Rap 'n Roll) and Bl3nder (Def P & Bas v. Lier Trio)
The second album, Gekkenhuis, has been released from the Bl3nder combination. The first album from Digibombers is expected in the course of 2012.