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Ray Slijngaard biographyEx-rapper of 2 Unlimited Ray Lothar Slijngaard was born on June 28th,1971 in Amsterdam, in the same hospital (Wilhelmina Gasthuis, which is located in the southern part of town) as Anita Dels, his future partner of 2 Unlimited. He is 1,73 m tall, weights 66 kg and has brown eyes and hair. His father Lothar Rudolf comes from Surinam (he is a cooker) and his mother Ingrid is Dutch (she breeds pure-breed horses). He was a bright student but very lazy. As he was bored in class, he used to write raps. He has a Persian cat. He finds himself handsome and nice, he loves women and admits he is not very faithful to them. He loves cooking, dancing, rapping, boxing, but also his mother and his mobile phone. He drives a sports car : a Honda Space Shuttle (some said a Ferrari...). His favourite Eddie Murphy and Kim Basinger. His preferred book is The Silence Of The Lambs. He is fascinated by paranormal and bouddhism. He'd really like to stop smoking. His favourite colour are black and blue. He would like to spend a holiday on Mars. Ray was a chef (cooker) at the Netherland's Schiphol Airport, and he dreamed of becoming a musical star. He also was a breakdancer. But, he said, 'I didn't realize I could make a career of it.' A friend of his, also a rapper, Marvin D, was a member of a successful rap group. But during one show, the crowd wasn't hyped, so Ray took the mic, 'and started rapping. The kids went crazy and I guess that's what started it all.'Before long, he was put in touch with producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde . He also suggested bringing in a female vocalise who turned to be Anita, a singer he knew from the club scene in Amsterdam. While he was rapping for 2 Unlimited, he found some time to appear in a Dutch TV film entitled Do The Right Thing which dealt about racial problems. he finally bought a big house in the center of Amsterdam to live closer to his parents. He hanged all his gold records at the walls of his new home. He likes training his raps in his bath because the acoustic is good there. The song of 2 Unlimited he likes the least is Maximum Overdrive. After 5 hectic years as 2 Unlimited rapper, his contract ended in 1996. Anita and him both decided not to extend it for another 5 years. After they left 2 Unlimited, they were going to call themselves the A & R Foundation or just simply Ray & Anita. Many record companies offered them a lot of money to go on together, but because Anita wanted to do more dance stuff and Ray wanted more Hip Hop/R&B (he especially likes Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Snoop Doggy Dog, who is his favorite. He also likes old school like The Sugar Hill Gang, and the Naughty by Nature) they decided not to go on together. Another explanation could be that, contrarily to what they usually say during interviews, Anita and Ray were a real couple, but finally success separated them. Ray is busy with his own record label, called Raymar Productions then renamed Rayvano Records after his son, which he runs with his partner, again Marvin D. He also produces T.O.F (Funk It Up, Feel This Groove, Jump Around) Other releases include happy hardcore group A.K. with Just A Dream, and X-Ray even has jungle groups. There was also a project with a group created by Turbo B, the Porno Boys. In August 1996 he recorded a cover track called Smoke On Water with Ian Gillan (from Deep Purple) under the name Rock'n Rap Extravaganza. The single was produced by the Bolland Brothers, released in Europe in 1997 and in Japan in 1998. In April 1997 Ray released his first solo single called Three Times A Day, simply under the name Ray. The single was composed and produced by Jay Vendenberg and Eddy Zoëy, released under his label Rayvano. 3 X a Day was an R&B track, unfortunately. R&B was the kind of music he really likes and that's why he chose for this style. The single went #66 in the local charts. An album was also planned, with the same name, but finally never released. The same year came another single, Do You Think I'm Sexy, feat Dignity. Later on, Ray teamed up with VIP allstars. In 1999, with the rapper Strezz and Orpheo (ex Ke-Shaw) he recorded When It's My Turn. Then came Mamacita the same year (a remixes CD was even released in 2000). 2004 : No one has any recent news from Ray. Unverified rumors say is in a bad period since he has ran out of money. Which is somewhat surprising since he still owns the rights of the texts he wrote for 2 Unlimited, which should bring him about 200000 euros yearly. He could have kept on taking drugs (accorded to people who met him, such as Daniel Peyer and Gerd Jakobs, he used to smoke haschish, drink vodka with Anita, and take cocaine to be able to cope with the pressure at the time when he was in 2 Unlimited) recorded When It's My Turn. 2008 : Ray now lives in Monte Carlo with his wife and children. He currently has plans to release a new single called The Anthem to be taken from a new album entitled Alien Nation under the name Raytec in September. 2009 : Ray and his family now live in the south of Spain. In January, Ray started working on a dance track with Rachel Stevens, a cover of the Wendy Moten classic Come In Out Of The Rain. In April, for the first time since 13 years, he performed with Anita on the stage of the show I Love The 90s. One month later, they performed for the Queen's Day in Amsterdam. 2010 : Ray recorded a track on Frans van Essen's new album. Next Dance Generation © 1997-1998 by CJ Pelupessy The biography was last updated Tue, June 21st 2011 Did you like this article ? Tell your friends
Latest Ray Slijngaard news03/06/2013 : On May 25th, Ray Slijngaard's third child was born : a baby boy named Noah Raymond. A biography about Ray written (in Dutch) by Robert Heukels is planned for August 13th 2013 under title Ongelimiteerd (het grenzeloze leven van Ray Slijngaard). (Thanks to Krasi) 08/02/2013 : During his stay in Paris Ray Slijngaard was interviewed by Paris Gayzik. Read interview here (French version) 08/02/2013 : Discover the videoclip of Ray Slijngaard's current project The Dutchables What U Waitin' 4. (Thanks to Krasi) 04/02/2013 : Ray Slijngaard's collaboration with LoveBug The Dutchables will be entitled What U Waitin' 4 and will be out on February 6th; along with a videoclip. More infos here. (Thanks to Krasi) 18/11/2012 : Ray Slijngaard (2 Unlimited) recorded a collaboration with The Dutchables. No release date yet. (Thanks to Krasi) 21/08/2010 : Slijngaard Ray (2 Unlimited) recorded a track on Frans van Essen's new album (Thanks to Eurodance Blog)
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