Djaga Djaga

Dutch rapper of Surinamese and Curaçaoan descent, born in 1993, from the Bijlmer in Southeast Amsterdam, North-Holland, Netherlands. A member of the Green Gang, rapping in Dutch. In 2017, Djaga was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in the liquidation of Abderrahim "Appie" Belhadj in the Bijlmerflat Kikkenstein in 2016. In 2019 his sentence was extended to 18 years by the Supreme Court, although he was not the shooter, his involvement in the coordination of the liquidation was deemed crucial in the death of Appie. He had previously served a sentence for attempted murder in an armed robbery case which also weighed in on the Supreme Court's decision. In 2019, he released the single "Ride Or Die" from prison under his other alias 'Jay Jay' which went gold in the Netherlands for more than 6 Million streams. He was then interviewed by DJI on Dutch radio station FunX.