GG Caravan is a
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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rap and hip-hop group of artists and musicians from various formations. The group is a collective advocating
anti-racism
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through music, concerts, music videos and public awareness campaigns.
The band particularly highlights the plight of the minority
Romani
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Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
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(gypsy) people of Finland and promotes a change of attitude towards them
Metrolive: GG Caravan syntyi puolivahingossa kampanjan ympärille - Superyhtye ei lähde pitseriaan keikalle
(in Finnish) and thus the gypsy influence on their music, as GG Caravan mixes various genres including rap
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
, pop, folk music
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with gypsy music. The variety and diversity of the genres comes from the various influences by the band members and musicians involved in the group.
GG Caravan enjoys the partial financing of the Finnish Ministry of Interior and the European Union Commission.
The band pre-released the single "On se hienoo" in February 2012 in anticipation of the debut album. The single hit the Finnish Singles Chart
The Official Finnish Charts ( fi, Suomen virallinen lista; sv, Finlands officiella lista) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiell ...
Top 10, reaching #8. Soon after the self-titled debut album, ''GG Caravan'' was launched on 29 February 2012 It was released under the Live Nation Finland label. The album hit #3 on the Finnish Albums Chart on its first week of release.
The group made a comeback in June 2020 with a live concert, which could later be viewed online on Nelonen
Nelonen () is a Finnish commercial television channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1990 on the HTV cable network (now part of DNA Welho), and changed its name first to PTV4. On June 1, 1997, the channel expand ...
Ruutu website.
Members
*Redrama
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* Paleface (Karri Miettinen)
*Tommy Lindgren
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*Brandon (Brandon Bauer)
* Marzi Nyman
*Zarkus Poussa
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*Bulle (Joni "Big" Bollström)
* Voli (Jani Tuohimaa)
*Heikki Soini
*Vesa Sade
...and other musicians
and in production
*Tero Roininen
*Samu Wuori
Discography
Albums
*2012: ''GG Caravan'' (Live Nation Finland label) - reached #3 on Finnish Albums Chart[FinnishCharts.com GG Caravan page](_blank)
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Singles
*2012: ""On se hienoo" (Live Nation Finland label) - reached #8 on Finnish Singles Chart
References
External links
Facebook
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Finnish musical groups
Finnish hip hop groups
Musical collectives