Sofiane Boussaadia (Aubervilliers, 28 February 1993), better known as Boef is a Dutch-speaking rapper with Algerian-French nationality. Boef was born in Aubervilliers in Île-de-France (metropolitan area of Paris). When he was four, he came to live with his uncle in Eindhoven. With him he lived in Houston, Texas, for two years and at thirteen he moved to Alkmaar.
Boef became famous in 2015 after his legendary rap session at Zonamo Underground that ended up being viewed millions of times. In 2016, his ep ‘GEWOON BOEF’ entered the Dutch Album Top 100 at number 4, where it was listed for around thirty weeks. In January 2017, he started his own music label BoefMusic, under which he released his debut album “Slaaptekort” in March 2017. With the song “Habiba” from this album, he had the biggest Dutch-language hit of the year in 2017.
