Photo: Valentijn Jonker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Josylvio
Person · male · Kingdom of the Netherlands · Naarden · born 1992
Dutch rapper
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1990s
Biography
English biography281 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379096060
Biography
Joost Theo Sylvio Yussef Abdelgalil Dowib (born April 14, 1992), known professionally as Josylvio, is a Dutch rapper. Starting his career in 2015, he released his debut studio album, Ma3seb, in 2016, followed by his second album, 2 gezichten, in 2017. Josylvio's third, Hella Cash (2018), fourth, Gimma (2019) and fifth album, Abu Omar (2021), have all topped the Dutch Albums Charts. In 2022, he released his sixth album titled Vallen & Opstaan. Josylvio has received multiple awards during his career, including Edison Award, XITE Award and FunX Music Award.
Life and career
Born in Naarden to a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father, Josylvio started his career in 2015 under the name Jaybay. In 2015, he released the single "Le7nesh" with Sevn Alias. With success of the song, he released his debut album Ma3seb with Dutch hip hop producer Esko. The album reached number five on the Dutch Album Top 100 and earned him an Edison Award nomination. He released a number of singles that reached the Single Top 100, including in collaboration with other rappers, such as Ali B, Hef, Adje, Jairzinho, Kevin and others.
In 2017 Josylvio was featured on the collaborative album All Eyez on Us along with Latifah, Kempi, Sevn Alias, Vic9 and Rocks. The joint album was inspired by the documentary film All Eyez on Me about Tupac Shakur and a tribute to him. And in 2018, Josylvio took part in RTL reality program Expeditie Robinson in its 19th season finishing 18th.
As lead artist
- Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
As featured artist
- Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Josylvio head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josylvio-1597228063.jpegcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29409866seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josylviobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josylvio
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
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Image: Valentijn Jonker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q29409866 · MusicBrainz: 217c844d-dc5c-439d-b27a-a227ff3039bb
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