over the evergreen summer meadow

Gerwin Pardoel (born 12 May 1981), better known by his stage name Gers Pardoel or mononymously as Gers,[1] is a Dutch rapper. He rose to fame in 2009, due to his successful collaboration with The Opposites on the single Broodje Bakpao. Pardoel's debut studio album, Deze Wereld Is Van Jou, was released in November 2011 and was certified gold by the NVPI.[2] The Nederhop artist is best known for his number-one single "Ik Neem Je Mee".
Gerwin Pardoel was born on 12 May 1981 in Nijmegen, thirty-five minutes before his younger twin brother Robbie. When Perdoel was young, his father was purchaser at a nursing home. Later, his father went working for the theme park De Efteling in Kaatsheuvel. His mother was housewife and took care of the children.[1]

When Pardoel was 17 years old, his life was rudely disturbed by his mother's death. She passed away from cancer. His life was turned upside down and the relation with his father deteriorated enormously. To escape from his difficult home situation, Pardoel looked for refuge in roller skating. He was a very fanatical roller skater and wanted to reach the Dutch roller skating top. Together with Steffen Haars and Huub Smit (nowadays known as the characters of New Kids), he practiced almost every day in an inline skate hall in 's-Hertogenbosch. The hall became a "new home" for Pardoel. He reached the ninth position in a national roller skating competition.