Mr. Probz

Dennis Princewell Stehr, better known as Mr. Probz, is a Dutch hip hop artist, songwriter and producer of Danish and Antillian descent. He is known for his introspective rap style, as well as his uniquely distinct singing voice, collaborating and adding hooks to songs by many artists back home in The Netherlands and in the US.

Probz was active from a young age, starting with graffiti and writing lyrics about his every day experiences as an inner city youth. Once he began to take recording music seriously, he created a huge buzz on the underground Hip Hop scene in Amsterdam. His first major collaboration with a U.S. artist came in 2007, when he landed a feature on Shady Records artist Joe Budden’s "Mood Muzik 3" album on the standout track “Long Way To Go.”

2010 was a bittersweet year for Mr. Probz. He was was nominated for a BNN/State Award in the category “Best Artist” becoming the first unsigned artist to get this nomination in the award show’s history. But on August 6th an attempt on his life was taken, and he was shot down in the streets of Amsterdam. Six months after the incident, he had a Dutch hit song “Meisje luister” in collaboration with Kleine Viezerik. It became a No. 1 hit on the FunX Hip Hop Chart.

In his career Mr. Probz has recorded and worked closely with artists like Alchemist, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Scott Storch, Yukmouth, Grafh, Raekwon, Royce da 5’9″ and Giorgio Tuinfort (Konvict Music), among many others. Currently Mr. Probz is readying his debut album, called "The Treatment."