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Timbuktu (artist)
Jason Michael Bosak DiakitéTimbuktu: ”Jag väntar fortfarande på den ärligaste texten” DN.SE (21 June 2009). Retrieved 27 April 2012. (born 11 January 1975 in Lund), known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a rapper and artist. In the mid-1990s, he started as part of the rap group Excel before going solo as Timbuktu. On March 1, 2020, he published the well-received memoir, ''A Drop of Midnight''. He has w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammis
The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards, they were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm. The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled, then revived in 1987. There are around 20 different award categories, which have changed over the years. Swedish artists and foreign artists who live in Sweden are eligible, as are artists in other countries if their music is produced in Sweden and targets a Swedish audience. The awards are presented by IFPI Sverige, along with the newspaper ''Expressen''. History The first Grammis were presented on 25 September 1969 at Berns salonger in Stockholm. They were presented annually until 1972, after which they were discontinued. This was attributed the influence of music critics on the awards, especially after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promoe
Promoe (Mårten Edh, born Nils Mårten Ed; 28 April 1976) is a Swedish rapper, and member of Swedish hip hop group Looptroop Rockers, formed in Västerås, Sweden, 1992. He released his fourth album in 2009 entitled ''Kråksången'', and later the same year followed up with the mixtape ''Bondfångeri''. Promoe has a background of graffiti-writing and in turn, many of his songs deal with graffiti. He follows a vegan straight edge lifestyle. Place in contemporary hip hop Promoe released his third album in 2006, entitled ''White Man's Burden''. This was followed with a DVD titled ''Standard Bearer'', which includes a documentary about the development of ''White Man's Burden'' and a concert from Copenhagen. In 2006, the German rapper Kool Savas released a diss track in which he slighted Promoe among other German and international artists. Promoe's response was the song "Sag Was" which he posted on premier German hip hop sitrap.de and was also released on a 7" LP and also on the CD o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartellen
Kartellen (English: ''The Cartel'') was a Swedish gangsta rap hip hop group founded in 2008 by Kinesen and Babyface, who are both serving life sentences in Finland for accessory to murder. Kinesen was also allegedly involved in an infamous airport multi-million robbery in 2002. The band used the materials sent by Kinesen with Babyface and others in prison and released them for downloads. It was fronted by Sebbe Staxx (real name Sebastian Stakset), Kaka, Maskinisten. Other members joining later included Lil' Star and Lani Mo Cribbe. Established musicians and producers also contributed to the effort. Kartellen has been a famous and provocative hip hop act portraying crime and social problems in the suburbs in their albums and mixtapes. It has coverage in mainstream media with some of their releases appearing in the Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart. Kartellen concerts were closely monitored by the Swedish police for their controversiality. Sebbe Staxx, with a 1- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madcon
Madcon is a Norwegian musical duo formed in 1992 by Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa. They have released eight albums as of 2022. They are best known for the 2007 cover of " Beggin'" by The Four Seasons and the 2015 single " Don't Worry" featuring Ray Dalton. Members Yosef Wolde-Mariam Yosef Wolde-Mariam (born 4 August 1978) is a Ethiopian-Norwegian TV presenter and rapper. His parents originated from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Wolde-Mariam grew up in Grefsen Norway, and moved with mother between Røyken, Grønland, Grünerløkka and Bekkelaget. In 2012, he was a mentor on the Norwegian version of ''The Voice'' known as ''The Voice – Norges beste stemme'', broadcast on the Norwegian television station TV 2.''Aftenposten'': Nå handler det om oss! Tshawe B ...
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Kjører På
"Kjører på" is a 2012 single by Norwegian band Madcon featuring Swedish rapper and reggae artist Timbuktu. It is taken from the Madcon album ''Contakt'' that was released on 21 June 2012 to coincide with the release of the album. Music video The music video directed by Frederic Esnault and Bold Productions film shows the Madcon duo Tshawe Baqwa and Yosef Wolde-Mariam singing and dancing with Timbuktu on top of small building structures with grand views of the city of Oslo in the background. YouTube
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Vinni
Øyvind Sauvik (born 3 February 1976), better known by his stage name Vinni, is a Norwegian musician and hip hop artist. Biography Born in Arendal, Norway, Sauvik moved with his parents to Tanzania when he was three years old, as they worked with development agency NORAD. He grew up in Africa and learned to speak Swahili there. Upon his return, he formed the hip hop duo Paperboys with Jarle "J.J." Hollerud. When JJ left the formation, he was replaced by DJ Ole Alexander "Pope Dawg" Halstensgård. In the duo Øyvind Sauvik was popularly known as Vincent Vagabond or just Vinni. The band released a number of successful albums. In 2009, Vinni took part in the Norwegian TV 2 channel's reality television program ''Det store korslaget'', a competition of choirs. He took on a choir from Kolbotn where they finished 5th in the competition out of 7 choirs taking part. In 2009, he also took part in ''Zebra Grand Prix'' a car racing competition of celebrities broadcast on TV2 Zebra wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arash (entertainer)
Arash Labbaf ( fa, آرش لباف, ; born 23 April 1977) is an Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer, and producer. He represented Azerbaijan along with Aysel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, finishing third with the song " Always". He is also one of the judges of ''Persia's Got Talent'', a Persian franchise of the British talent show ''Got Talent''. Early life Arash Labbaf was born in Tehran, Iran. He and his parents lived near Mellat Park. At age ten, he and his family moved to Sweden, where he still resides. In an interview with BBC Persian Television, he has mentioned that his mother and father are from the Iranian cities of Shiraz and Isfahan, respectively. Arash Labbaf has stated in his interviews that he is interested in association football, accordingly, he released songs about association football. Also, in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Arash stated that he had been interested in singing since childhood and he even formed an informal band with his frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looptroop Rockers
Looptroop Rockers is a hip hop group from Västerås, Sweden. The members are rappers Promoe (Mårten Edh), Supreme (Mathias Lundh-Isen), DJ/ Producer Embee (Magnus Bergkvist) and CosM.I.C (Tommy Isacsson). On their fourth album, Good Things, the group changed its name from Looptroop to Looptroop Rockers, a name used unofficially for some years prior to the change. Biography Looptroop was formed in 1991 by Promoe and Embee. The two had met while attending school in Västerås and were still in their teens at the time of the group's inception. Cos.M.I.C joined shortly thereafter and in 1993 the group independently released their cassette-only debut EP ''Superstars'', which was followed in 1995 by ''Threesicksteez''. By the time they released their third cassette, ''From The Wax Cabinet'' (1996), long-time associate and frequent collaborator Supreme had become a permanent member of the group. It was in the pre-DVSG time when Promoe and Cos.M.I.C were also part of a group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter (rapper)
Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album ''Mitt sjätte sinne'' (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken ( en, The Banana Republic). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time. He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy. In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala. Personal life Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums Remix albums * 2007: ''Skruvat och choppat av Afasi'' EPs * 2019: ''Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna'' Singles Featured singles Other charted song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiloop
Antiloop were a Swedish electronic dance music duo, formed in Lidingö in 1994 by David Westerlund and Robin Söderman. They won two Swedish Grammis Awards and six Swedish Dance Music Awards. Biography Early career (1974–1994) Robin Staffan Mark Söderman (born 22 January 1974) and David Olof Westerlund (born 8 July 1977) both grew up in Lidingö in Stockholm, Sweden. Robin's father and uncle were musicians and helped grow his interest. . David started play synth at an age of four and later played in a big band jazz at youth age. Söderman started a band and invited his childhood friend Westerlund, along with some other that he knew. The other members left the band and it was only Westerlund and Söderman left. They began to play in Nightclubs as DJs and eventually decided to make their own music. Antiloop (1994–2002) Antiloop was formed 1994. The name comes both from the animal antelope, which in Swedish is spelled: "''Antilop''", and the music element loop. A third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamix
Lamin Mbergan (born 1997) is a Swedish rapper of Gambian origin, better known by the mononym Lamix stylized as LAMIX and was also known as LMFamous. In 2018, he released his debut EP ''Ingen som hör'' that charted on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Albums Chart. His hit song "Hey Baby" produced by Pablo Paz was his debut hit reaching number 21 on the Swedish Singles Chart and staying 44 weeks on the chart. Lamix was nominated for the Swedish Grammy for "Song of the Year" and also nominated for P3 Guld's "Artist of the Future" award. He has collaborated with a number of artists, most notably |
Junie (singer)
Maia Linnea Wright also known as Junie (born 2 October 1997) is a Swedish singer-songwriter living in 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, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv .... Discography EPs * ''Firsts'' (2020) *''Allt som har en början har ett slut'' (2021)'''' Singles Featured singles Notes References Living people Swedish women singer-songwriters Swedish singer-songwriters 1997 births 21st-century Swedish women singers 21st-century Swedish singers Singers from Stockholm English-language singers from Sweden {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
