U-Niq

Anthony Pengel (born July 10, 1976), known professionally as U-Niq, is a Dutch rapper from Rotterdam. He was part of the rap group The Most Official.^[1]

U-Niq
Birth name	Anthony C. C. Pengel
Born	(1976-07-10) July 10, 1976 (age 48) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1989–present
Labels	TopNotch
Website	www.top-notch.nl/page/artiest-links/U-Niq/

Originally interested in football (he was a youth player for Feyenoord)^{[citation needed]}, U-Niq began rapping at age 13, influenced by Rakim and Big Daddy Kane.^{[citation needed]} His 1999 debut album Married to Music was released by Sony.^{[citation needed]} While spending some time in jail (he did not disclose why, and says he was acquitted), he decided to rap in Dutch; his first Dutch-language album, Rotterdam, was released by Dutch hip-hop label TopNotch and contained the singles "Rotterdam" and "Klein klein jongetje".^[2]

Discography

Albums

Album title	Release date	Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100			Comments
		Date of entry	Highest	Weeks
Married to Music	2000	-
Rotterdam[3]	2006	15-07-2006	78	1
Het kapitalisme[4]	2008	08-03-2008	31	2
Scheepsrecht[5]	2011	16-04-2011	38	1*

Singles

Single title	Release date	Charting in the Dutch Top 40			Comments
		Date of entry	Highest	Weeks
"I Used to Cry"	1999	-
"Married to Music"	1999	-
"Yours Exclusive"	2000	-
"Wildin' Out"	2001	-

EPs

• 2007 Muziek

Other

• With other artists

Year	Title		Album
	Name	with	Name	Album Artist
1998	"Corrosion"	Postmen & Sonny D	Documents	Postmen
1999	"Hate Me Now"	Nas	Nastradamus (NL versie)	Nas
2001	"Curriculum"	Postmen, Sonny D, Ganza & E-Life	Revival	Postmen
2002	"Chemistry"	E-Life	E=mc²	E-Life
2007	"Coke op 't Gas"	Kempi, Salah Edin, Feis & Winne	Mixtape 3.1	Kempi
2009	"Geef 8 Remix"	Winne, Eddy Ra, Lotto, Crimson, Alex, Alee Rock, Millz & Feis	Winne Zonder Strijd	Winne

• Compilations

Year	Title		Album
	Name	with	Name	Artist/Producer
2000	"Poverty Wisdom"		Social Life - the Album	Social Life
	"Zoute Uitval"	Extince, E-Life, The Anonymous Mis, Shyrock & Murth The Man-O-Script	Alle 13 Dope	TopNotch
2007	"Waka Mang" "Het Spel"	-Eddy Ra -Mr Probz, Winne & Eddy Ra	Hard Hard Hard Mixtape	TopNotch
	"Klein, Klein Jongetje"	Feis	TopNotch Mixtape	The Flexican - TopNotch
2009	"Straatkennis, Politiek" "Tak Taki"	Royston Drenthe	Extravaganza Mixtape I Extravaganza Mixtape II	TopNotch
2010	"Komt Goed"	Laise	Extravaganza Mixtape V	TopNotch
2012	"Het Legioen"	Winne	-	TopNotch

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title
2006	BNN Urban Awards	Best Lyrics	Klein, Klein Jongetje[6]	Win
2007	BNN Urban Awards	Best Lyrics	Geen Verschil[7]	Nom
	Gouden Greep	Hardest Diss Track	Bluffer[8]	Nom

References

1. "TopNotch - Biografie - U-niq". Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
2. Nauta, Hans (6 August 2006). "U-Niq rapt recht op zijn punt af, en smijt de realiteit zo van de straat op de plaat". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 September 2013.
3. Hung, Steffen. "U-Niq - Rotterdam". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
4. Hung, Steffen. "U-Niq - Het kapitalisme". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
5. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
6. "BNN Urban Awards 2006". Archived from the original on 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
7. "Dit was MusicFromNL". Musicfrom.nl. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
8. "Stem nu voor de Gouden Greep 2007 - Algemeen - MusicFromNL". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-04-24.