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Lord Est
Lord Est is a Finnish dancehall reggae duo from Tampere made up of Tuomo Hiironmäki on vocals and his brother Uncle Tan on keyboards. In general, Tuomo writes the lyrics and Uncle Tan (earlier known as D Mon) composes the music. Lord Est has released 5 albums and many singles. They are also known for their cooperation with other artists and musical projects. Tuomo Hiironmäki started in the 1990s as a rapper and a part of Finnish hiphop group Ghetto Blasta. His graffiti tag was Est, hence the name. The title Lord was invented by his friend from Ghetto Blasta, Big Jay (nowadays manager of the group). Ghetto Blasta broke up and Lord Est became more interested in new dancehall trend by Radio Mafia's late-night show ''Roots & Culture'', hosted by Tero Kaski. After spending couple years in UK, he came up with the idea of doing dancehall in Finnish. Debut single "Viskit ja rommit" had some airplay on Radio Mafia and became a minor hit in summer 2001. In the year 2002 Lord Est released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region. Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Häme Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'' published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…ke Blomqvist
Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian ''Åge'' or ''Aage''. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include: * Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor *Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer *Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University *Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor *Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor * Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist * Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast *Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower *Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter *Åke Hellman (born 1940), Swedish accordionist *Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheek (rapper)
Jare Henrik Tiihonen (born 22 December 1981 Vantaa, Finland), better known by his stage name Cheek, is a Finnish former Rapping, rapper. During his career, he released nine studio albums. In November 2017, he officially announced that he would end his career in August 2018. Discography *2001: ''Human & Beast'' *2002: ''50/50'' *2003: ''Pitää pystyy elää'' *2003: ''Avaimet mun kulmille'' *2005: ''Käännän sivuu'' *2007: ''Kasvukipuja'' *2007: ''Kuka sä oot'' *2009: ''Jare Henrik Tiihonen'' *2010: ''Jare Henrik Tiihonen 2'' *2012: ''Sokka irti'' *2013: ''Kuka muu muka'' *2015: ''Alpha Omega (Cheek album), Alpha Omega'' *2018: ''Timantit on ikuisia'' See also *List of best-selling music artists in Finland References Living people 1981 births Finnish hip hop musicians People from Lahti People with bipolar disorder Finnish twins Finnish rappers {{Finland-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elastinen
Kimmo Ilpo Juhani Laiho (born 1981), better known by his stage name Elastinen (meaning ''elastic'' in Finnish), is a Finnish rap musician and also known as one of the founders and is the CEO of the Finnish independent rap label Rähinä Records. Together with his colleague Iso H (Big H), he founded the Finnish rap duo Fintelligens. He has also released five solo albums. Biography Beginnings Born and raised in Helsinki, Elastinen began taking guitar lessons when he was seven years old. At the age of 11 he started dancing and has been a member of famous break-dance groups as IMC and Savage Feet. Inspired by a hiphop-cassette, given by his elder-brother, "Ela" wrote his first rap-lyrics when he was 15. He joined an anti-racist musical "Colorblind" and met Iso H. In Fintelligens In summer 1997, Elastinen and Iso H founded Fintelligens. Elastinen was only 18 when they got their first record-deal. Ela graduated from Sibelius Academy, a music school in 2000. Same year Fintelligen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Karjalainen
Hanna Maria Karjalainen (born 8 July 1980 in Oulu) became known in 2003 when she won the ''Haluatko filmitähdeksi'' (''Do You Want To Be A Film Star?'') competition, where the prize was the central role in the film ''Levottomat 3''. Karjalainen acted in the 2004 movie, but the role was more minor than promised. Before that, Karjalainen had acted in a minor role in the 2001 film ''Rölli ja metsänhenki''. Karjalainen is a University of Jyväskylä graduate. From 2006 to 2009, Karjalainen acted in the MTV3 soap series ''Salatut elämät'', where she played Laura Kiviranta Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...'s talkative cousin Salla Laitela (former Tervajoki, née Mattila). Karjalainen has recorded R&B music with an alias "HannaB". References 1980 births Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomfunk MC's
The Bomfunk MC's is a Finnish hip hop group that was active between 1998 and 2005, before reuniting in 2018. The group's frontman is the rapper B.O. Dubb (born Raymond Ebanks, and formerly known as "B.O.W."), and the main producer is Jaakko Salovaara, known as "JS16". Career 1999–2005 The band's debut release was the 1999 album '' In Stereo'' (Sony Music), which contained the singles "Freestyler", "Uprocking Beats", and "B-Boys & Flygirls", all of which were popular in the United Kingdom. "Uprocking Beats" reached the number one position on the Finnish Dance charts. '' In Stereo'' sold over 600,000 units. The album's success led to the release of "Freestyler" in Scandinavia and Germany; by 2000, "Freestyler" was popular throughout Europe, becoming the region's highest-selling single of the year. The single also reached the number one position in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany, and was number 2 in the United Kingdom. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janina Fry
Janina Päivänsäde Fry (née Frostell) (born 12 November 1973 in Helsinki) is Finnish pop singer and model. She hosted the show ''Bella'' on Finnish television channel Nelonen. Her breakthrough was winning the "Maiden of Finland" beauty pageant in 1993 and getting to the semi-finals in Miss World the same year. She also has a singing career, although her records have not been particularly successful, despite efforts by her record company Sony BMG. Fry gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Sophia on March 2007. The father of the child is Mark Fry, the director of marketing at Sony BMG in Finland. They had been dating for several years before marrying in the summer of 2007. In 2010 she gave birth to their second child Brandon. The family lived in Espoo, Finland, before they moved to Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariska (rapper)
Mariska (born Anna Maria Rahikainen; 19 February 1979 in Helsinki) is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter. She writes her songs by herself, and the lyrics often deal with relationships, male chauvinism and politics. Biography Mariska began to play piano in Sibelius-Akatemia at the age of 7. She soon changed her style to punk and joined a punk-band called Oheisvasara. Mariska moved to London in 1998 to study Latin and old Greek in university.Maritta KuulaTukka ja järki samassa päässäElvis ry. (artist of the month) (in Finnish) Career as a rap artist She returned to Finland in 2002 and her first album ''Toisin sanoen'' was released the same year. Mariska's second album, ''Memento mori'' was released in 2004, and the third, ''Suden hetki'' followed in August 2005. The latter two were nominated for Emma Awards. Mariska and Pahat Sudet In 2010 Mariska switched genre teaming up with Jaakko Jakku, Klaus Suominen and Luis Herrero. The new formation was named Mariska & Pahat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spekti
Samuli Huhtala, professionally known as Spekti and previously as Aspekti and Uncle Damn, is a Finnish rapper. Career Spekti started his career in a band Trilogia in 1999. Since then, he has appeared as a featured artist on several songs, such as "Reissumies" and "Pyrkiny vähentää" by Cheek, and "A-Ha", "Rotko" and "Rähinä räp" by Fintelligens. Spekti's first solo single "Mogausmehuu" was released in 2010. In 2013, he released two more solo singles, "Teen mitä haluun" and "Juomalaulu". All three singles appear on his first studio album ''Diktaattorimies ''Diktaattorimies'' is the debut studio album by Finnish rapper Spekti Samuli Huhtala, professionally known as Spekti and previously as Aspekti and Uncle Damn, is a Finnish rapper. Career Spekti started his career in a band Trilogia in 1999. S ...'', released in October 2013. Personal life He’s married to Emelie Björnberg. She is a fashion designer and a blogger. Discography Solo albums Singles Solo singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
