
Music
Yong Yello
Flemish rap veteran makes the personal universal and puts a hand on your shoulder
“Why am I so destructive?,” Yong Yello asks himself on his latest concept album, Bennie & De Banaliteit Van Ons Bestaan (2025). With self-knowledge, you're already a long way there, and the Flemish rapper has more than enough self-knowledge. Not that it has kept him from getting into (mental) trouble again. Yong Yello shares his sharply written experiences and quasi-life lessons with the audience, so that at least someone else hears it and maybe it even helps someone else. His music is like he is himself: messy, imperfect, human. Orchestral pop, exotica, funk, and '90s hip-hop reinforce the message - and vice versa. Be messy with him. Feel human!









