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Nicolay

From: Netherlands
Since: present
Releases: 14

hip hop

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About

Nicolay (birth name, Matthijs Rook) (born 30 November 1972) is a neo-soul and hip-hop musician, composer, and record producer from the Netherlands. He is most well-known as half of the European hip-hop duo The Foreign Exchange (the other half of the duo being Phonte Coleman).

Nicolay had been considering living in the United States to work on his music when he met his future wife, Aimee Flint (who, like his musical partner Phonte, was from North Carolina), through mutual acquaintances. He moved from Utrecht, Holland to the United States in 2006. Nicolay and Flint chose to reside in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, for a couple of years. The eventually married couple then moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, where they have remained since; there, Nicolay maintains a home studio, working on his music for several hours a day.
In December 2009, The Foreign Exchange were nominated for a Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the track "Daykeeper," from their second album, Leave It All Behind. Nicolay was only the fourth Dutch person to have been nominated.

From Nicolay (musician) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.