Typhoon

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Typhoon is a name used by at least five artists. 1. A rapper from the Netherlands. 2. An indie rock band from the United States. 3. A psychedelic trance group from France. 4. A gothic/trance metal band from Poland. 5. An alternate name for 타이푼. 1. . Glenn de Randamie (6 August 1984), better known as Typhoon, is a Dutch rapper from Zwolle. He is signed to Dutch hip-hop record label Top Notch. The rappers Blaxtar (brother) and O-Dog (brother) and the R&B singer Dinopha (younger sister) are Typhoon's relatives. Typhoon's rap career started in 1999 at age 15 in the hip-hop crew Rudeteenz, together with Rico of Opgezwolle and his brother Blaxtar. Three years later he made his solo debut on the collection album Vet verse flows. He contributed to the album with the tracks Het doek valt and Alea Iacta Est. Typhoon won the Grote Prijs van Nederland (Grand Prize of the Netherlands) in 2004 in the R&B/hip-hop category. Soon after that he was signed by Top Notch. In 2007 Typhoon released his debut album, titled Tussen licht en lucht (Between Light and Air). Between 2008 and 2010 he collaborated with Sticks, Rico, James and dj ART as Fakkelbrigade and as such released the album Colucci Era. In the mean time, he also collaborated with The New Cool Collective to make the 2009 album Chocolade. After that period of initial success, Typhoon struggled with a burn-out and had been searching for his personal and musical identity. This ultimately resulted in the release of his secon...