Rudeboy Remington (Patrick Tilon, Surinam, 1964) is a musician with eclectical musical roots. Best known for inventing rap rock, with Urban Dance Squad, founded in Utrecht in 1986, being an inspiration for many other bands. Besides UDS he wrote and performed music with several other bands, like Junkie XL, The Phantom Four and Drums are for Parades.
Currently Rudeboy is touring with his old band mate DJ DNA, bringing the UDS repertoire on stage again. He is also performing with De Niemanders (see tour dates), just published his autobiography Inside Outsider and recorded an album under the name Trippple Nickkkelz with DJ DCS and producer Dopabeatz, called Droppenheimer.
Rudeboy Plays UDS
In 2022 Rudeboy and DJ DNA joined forces to bring the legacy of Urban Dance Squad back to life. The two original members of Urban Dance Squad formed a new band with Matthias van Beek on guitar, Axel van Oort on bass, Jochem van Rooyen on drums.
Since 2022 they played several venues and festivals, and are still touring. Their chemistry and energy on stage is like watching UDS in the early days. Rudeboy Plays UDS (short: RPU) toured The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain and Serbia, with gigs at festivals like Hellfest, Dynamo and EXIT.
October 19th, 16.00-20.00 I will be at ‘Support your Locals Platenbeurs’ at Popcentrale Dordrecht (located Energiehuis, Noordendijk, Dordrecht) with vinyl & books. Meet me and DJ DCS and get our Droppenheimer album signed! Or just come and talk.
Meet me at GODFEST
On Saturday, December 13, 2025, Willemeen will host the festival GODFEST 3, in collaboration with the lo-fi punk rock band Geishas Of Doom (short: GOD). In addition to the Geishas themselves, bands such as Iron Jinn, Rudeboy’sTrippple Nickkkelz, and other exciting acts will perform.
New album: Droppenheimer
24/03/2025 – It’s finally here! Old skool, ecclectic and raxor sharp. Order now, official release date 28th of March!
18/12/24 – Under the name Trippple Nickkkelz Rudeboy, accompanied by dj DCS and producer Dopabeats, will release the new album Droppenheimer in January. The first single, John Lennon and Malcolm X, featuring Dutch punk band Geishas of Doom will be on Spotify tomorrow, 19th of December.
Get your collectors Rudeboy action figure now
01/10/2024 – A true collectors item this Rudeboy Remington action figure. Rudeboy holds his microphone like the holy grail it is, and he also rocks his signature custom made hat, which made him stand out from the crowd from the jump.
The blister art card comes signed in person by Rudeboy, and as if that’s not enough you’ll also find a little plastic bag danglin’ from the card which contains a swatch of a dope Rudeboy Remington T-shirt directly out of Rudeboy’s own 2024 tour merchandise vault!
There are only 20 of these figures available, so you better act quick cause you’re not gonna wanna miss out on this exclusive BAP! release. Get it here!
Rudeboy on stage with De Niemanders
09/06/2024 – In 2019 and 2020, songwriters and musicians Rocco Ostermann and Wout Kemkens visited prisons in search of remarkable stories and talented musicians. It resulted in an album called De Niemanders, also the name of their project. In 2023 they went on a journey to asylum centers across the country together with producer Rick Wiegerinck, again as ’embedded musicians’, to search for stories and talent. It landed on a second album, De Niemanders II. Rudeboy is very honored to perform live with this impressive collective, see upcoming shows for dates and venues.
Health update
08/06/2024 – Rudeboy is recovering from a severe case of pneumonia that unfortunately made it inevitable to cancel some shows these last weeks. He is working hard to be in shape again to perform and will make his appearance on stage again at June 29th in Bergen op Zoom.
Live album out now!
16/04/2024 – We recorded our performance at Patronaat Haarlem in the fall of ’23 and put it on silver vinyl. It’s the first album with the Rudeboy Plays UDS-band, with Rudeboy as vocalist, DJ DNA on the turntables, Jochem van Rooijen on drums, Matthias van Beek on guitar (he also did the great artwork) and Axel van Oort on bass. Fun fact: you can hear some extra vocals of Jimi Hazel of 24-7 Spyz. Order your copy at Sounds Haarlem or buy one (and get it signed!) at our shows.
Rudeboy at Haarlem Vinyl Festival
These bruvs are dope
06/03/24 – Last weekend Rudeboy got together again with producer DOPA BEATZ and DJ DCS – their band called 555 – to work on an album. It was the second recording session, release planned second half of 2024. We keep you posted!
New track Boiler by Boskat features Rudeboy
12/01/2024 – Belgian two-man band Boskat plays energetic alternative rock that goes perfectly well with some old skool rap. Boskat released this collab with Rudeboy on the 11th of January 2024 and it’s already a streaming favorite. The release of their album Welcome to Planet Urmit is expected in March 2024. Watch the video below!
Contact & booking
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