Bilal Wahib

Bilal El Mehdi Wahib (born 20 January 1999) is a Dutch actor, singer and rapper from Amsterdam. He has appeared in several Dutch films and series such as Nieuwe buren, SpangaS, Mocro Maffia and Commando's and films Layla M., De Held, De libi and Paradise Drifters, portrayed mainly in ethnic roles. In 2020, he won the Golden Calf for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Paradise Drifters in the role of Yousef. He is also known for his singles "Tigers" and "501", which both peaked at number three on the Dutch Top 40 chart while topping the Dutch Single Top 100 chart.

Music career Besides frequent appearances on screen, he also developed a music career with a number of singles starting in 2019. His debut charting single was from the soundtrack of the film he had a role in, De libi, resulting in the single "Vliegen". His 2020 hit "Tigers" and his 2021 hit "501" both topped the Dutch Single Top 100 chart and peaked at number 3 on the Dutch Top 40 charts. He was nominated to top 5 of the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch Act for 2020 but did not win.

Controversy In March 2021, Wahib was arrested by Amsterdam police on suspicion of manufacturing and distributing child pornography after he asked a 12-year-old boy to show his penis during Wahib's Instagram livestream in exchange for 17,000 euros, a request the boy acted upon. It was intended as a pun, based on the fact that in Dutch the same phrase can mean "if you can show your penis" as well as "if you can make your penis see". This resulted in Wahib being dropped from BNNVARA and his record label TopNotch. He was also banned for life from Instagram. In February 2022, Wahib returned to Instagram but his account was deactivated shortly after.

In November 2021, the Public Prosecution Service announced that Wahib would not be prosecuted for child pornography, as it was determined that the images were not intended for sexual arousal.

Filmography Films 2013: Mimoun, a friend of Ab 2014: De verloren zoon, as young delinquent 2015: Geen koningen in ons bloed, as Rafael 2016: Fissa, as Yous 2016: Layla M., as Younes, Layla's brother 2016: De Held, as Tarik 2017: Monk, as Younes 2017: 7 Marokkanen en Jos], as Yessin 2017: Broeders (English title Brothers), as Yasin 2017: Malik, as Amir 2018: Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding, as an up-and-coming football talent 2019: De libi, (English title About That Life as Bilal 2020: Paradise Drifters, as Yousef 2021: Meskina

Television series 2013: De vloer op jr., in diverse personalities 2014: Brugklas (English title The First Years, as Ravi 2014: A'dam - E.V.A., as Samih 2014: Verborgen verhalen, as Nas 2015: Vechtershart, as pizza delivery boy 2016: Toon, as Karim 2016: Nieuwe buren, as Aziz 2016: SpangaS, as Kaleb 2018: Flikken Maastricht, als Ahmed 2018-2021: Mocro Maffia, as Mo de Show 2019: Remy en Juliyat (a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet), as Hamza 2020: Commando's, as Aza Ouazani 2021: Red Light, as Elarbi

Discography Albums

Songs featured in + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album NLDutchTop 40 NLDutchSingleTop 100 "Donderdag" 2020 29 37 "Solo" 2022 26 —

Other charted songs + List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album NLDutchSingleTop 100 "1%" 2021 52 El Mehdi