{"id":172896,"date":"2024-10-31T10:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T09:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=172896"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:33","slug":"rotterdam-rapper-adison-dos-reis-raps-about-desiderius-erasmus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/10\/31\/rotterdam-rapper-adison-dos-reis-raps-about-desiderius-erasmus\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotterdam rapper Adison dos Reis raps about Desiderius Erasmus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initially, Rotterdam word artist Adison dos Reis didn\u2019t expect to feel such a strong connection with Desiderius Erasmus. Dos Reis was approached by endowed professor Stine Jensen to bring Erasmus\u2019 words into the present day. \u201cHow can people not see that everything Erasmus says still applies to today?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018Clothes make the man\u2019, raps Adison dos Reis about Desiderius Erasmus. Partly for this reason, the Rotterdam rapper was keen to be photographed as Erasmus: he feels connected to him.<\/span><\/p>

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Nieuwe blaadjes blijven groeien aan dezelfde tak. Dezelfde stad, we bewandelen hetzelfde pad.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jij een bastaardzoon, ik een immigrant. Maatschappelijk gezien gaan ze hand in hand.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nNew leaves keep growing on the same branch. The same city, we walk the same path.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

You a bastard son, me an immigrant. Socially, they go hand in hand.<\/em><\/p>\n

Adison dos Reis sees more than one similarity with Desiderius Erasmus. Both were born in Rotterdam, although Erasmus was slightly earlier (on 28 October 1466, to be exact). Erasmus used to compete in writing the best poem while in the monastery; as a 16-year-old, Dos Reis would compare his own raps with friends. Desiderius was a bastard, Dos Reis the son of an immigrant. \u201cI still look like an outsider, I\u2019ll always get the question, \u2018where are you from\u2019. Just like a bastard, you feel unwelcome. You shouldn\u2019t let it hold you back, but that\u2019s how society views you. Especially with the current government \u2013 Erasmus also dared to be critical of those in power.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dos Reis hadn\u2019t anticipated this connection when he received a call from Stine Jensen, endowed professor of public philosophy. Jensen was making an episode<\/a> for HUMAN\u2019s podcast Wat blijft<\/em>, which focuses on Erasmus. She was looking for a wordsmith who could bring Erasmus to life, making him feel more contemporary. \u201cVarious people recommended Adison. It turned out to be such a great process! We both enjoyed it immensely\u201d, Jensen says.<\/p>\n\n\t

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