Mitchell Burgzorg

Priester
(Mitchell Burgzorg)
Priester ; (Mitchell Burgzorg)
Born	25 July 1987 (age 37); Zaandam, Netherlands
Genres	Rap, hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter
Years active	2005 – present
Labels	Black Label Music ; Nindo

Mitchell Burgzorg
Personal information
Date of birth	25 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Zaandam, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, right-back
Youth career
1991–1994	Hellas Sport
1994–2006	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Haarlem
2008–2010	NEC
2010–2012	Almere City
2012–2014	Ludogorets
2014–2015	Slavia Sofia
2015–2016	Almere City
2018–2022	Ajax Amateurs
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mitchell Burgzorg (born 25 July 1987) is a Dutch former professional footballer and a rapper under the name Priester.^[1]

Football career

Burgzorg was born in Zaandam. A defensive midfielder or right-back, he who made his debut in professional football, being part of the HFC Haarlem squad in the 2006–07 season. In 2008, he moved to N.E.C. Nijmegen.^[2]

In June 2014, Burgzorg moved from Ludogorets Razgrad to fellow Bulgarian A Group side Slavia Sofia,^[3] only to return to Almere City in summer 2015.^[4]

Honours

Ludogorets

Music career

Burgzorg has also developed a music career as a rapper under the stage name Priester.^[5] He is signed to Black Label Music. In collaboration with Nino, he appeared on 24 uur Volume 1 and 24 uur Volume 2 released by Black Label Music.

He is a rapper who was part of the rap formation LSD (full name Lyricale Straat Dichters) based in Zaandam. He left them in 2011 for a solo career.

Known for his collaborations with other artists, he was featured in June 2010 in "Baas in mij" with Ali B and football player / rapper Soufiane Touzani, quickly followed in August the same year in "Een dagje @ spec" with Ali B, Keizer and Gio.

In February 2011, Priester prepared his own mixtape Baas Boven Baas, but it was never officially released. However, he released "Geen 1" as a single and a music video.^[6] In 2011, he appeared on Swagg On Remix, a collaboration with well-known names like Ali B, Brainpower and Excellent.

On 25 January 2012, Priester took part in the popular Dutch television series Ali B op volle toeren hosted by Moroccan-Dutch rapper Ali B. He was paired with artist Ronnie Tober to perform each other's works. Priester interpreted Tober's "Rozen voor Sandra" in a new version, whereas Tober took Priester's "Geen 1" and interpreted it as "Er is niemand zoals jij". In 2012, he signed to the Nindo music label. The manager of Nindo (Negative) has been unofficially announced that the 'Baas Boven Baas mixtape' is done, but when the mixtape comes out is not yet known.