Who was Ryan Biggs aka DJ Delete? Tributes pour in as Australian DJ found dead inside home at 30

Popular DJ Ryan Biggs, also known as DJ Delete, recently passed away at the age of 30. Biggs was found inside his home in Waalwijk in the South Netherlands on April 30.

The news comes a few days after Biggs shared an Instagram post about his rebirth. Ryan’s cause of death has not been revealed until now, although the cops are not treating his demise as suspicious.

Further details on his funeral are yet to be disclosed and an official statement from his family members is awaited.

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Everything known about DJ Delete

DJ Delete was famous for his hard-hitting and raw productions with an intense focus on delivering a hardstyle with attitude. He joined Theracords in 2013 and played an important role behind the scenes with Spoontech Records’ creator and longtime friend Vizard.

He was known as the "king of gated kicks," a sound technique used in his style of music. His biggest hit was Payback, featuring MC Tha Watcher, and it received two million views on YouTube along with eight million streams on Spotify following its release in 2018.

Biggs performed at some of the world’s biggest hardstyle events such as Defqon.1, Loudness, Q-BASE, Dominator, Hard Bass, Supremacy, and others.

DJ Delete performed at the world's biggest hardstyle events (Image via delete_dj/Instagram)

Ryan revealed in March 2021 that he had suffered from several tragic events since 2013, after moving to Europe. He has previously spoken up about his battle with depression, leading to delays in releasing his albums. He once wrote on Facebook:

“My struggle with depression, anxiety and other mental problems have gotten worse every year for the past few years. The depression I had never really went away… it turned dark again ever since my album at the end of 2018.”

He revealed how depression is debilitating and makes the simplest things more difficult. It took away his ability to accomplish anything meaningful and although finishing music used to be second nature, it later felt like climbing a huge mountain.

Ryan further revealed that he began looking for help after being overwhelmed by taking on several projects at the beginning of 2021, when fans asked him to create more music. He stated:

“I just started it way too optimistically and jumped the gun scheduling releases when I really shouldn’t have, but the silver lining is that I finally made the move to get help. I’ve finally started medication, getting psychologic help etc.”

He stated that he left his homeland to pursue his dreams as a DJ and producer in the hardstyle, and the distance was hard on his family.

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Fans pay tribute on Twitter

DJ Delete gained recognition for his unique style of music. Twitter was flooded with tributes when people heard about his demise:

Biggs is survived by his father Gary, mother Yvonne, sister Jess, stepmother Annmaree, and stepbrothers Grant and Jeremy. His stepmother also launched a GoFundMe page to raise funds to bring his body back to Australia.

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