Pekka Karppinen, professionally known as Kuningas Pähkinä, is a Finnish rapper born in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

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Career

Karppinen's career had its beginning in the early 1990s when he was still living in

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...

. Heavily inspired by groups like

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and

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, he formed a duo Vapaapudotus with Myyrä in 2000. Together they have released four EPs. Karppinen has also released two solo records and one record with rapper Juhani. In January 2011, Kuningas Pähkinä and Kilari Audio released an EP ''Musaa (Kadonneet kovalevyt osa II)''. ;Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu Since 2000, Kuningas Pähkinä has been collaborating with rapper

Setä Tamu Mikko Tamminen (born 20 August 1975), better known by his stage name Setä Tamu, is a Finnish rapper and record producer. Career ;Vaasalaiset Kansiot Mikko Tamminen started his career as a part of the group Vaasalaiset Kansiot. ;Firevision ...

. As a duo, they have released one album, three EPs and two singles. To date, their most successful effort together is the single "Hey Scully", which peaked at number two on the Official Finnish Singles Chart on 1 February 2013. ;Yön Polte Kuningas Pähkinä, Setä Tamu and Stig joined forces in 2012 as the group

Yön Polte Yön Polte is a Finnish musical trio originating from Finland established in 2012 and made up of Finnish rapper Kuningas Pähkinä, rapper and producer Setä Tamu, and singer/rapper Stig (aka Stig Dogg).Tyttö sinä olet meritähti "Tyttö sinä olet meritähti" is the debut single by Finnish Hip-Hop, Rap group Yön Polte. It was released on 2 January 2012 as a digital download in Finland. The song has peaked to number 7 on the Finnish Singles Chart The Official Finnish C ...

". The song peaked at number seven on the Finnish Singles Chart.

Discography

Vapaapudotus

;Albums *2000: ''Paholaismusiikkia'' *2001: ''Kun te nukutte'' *2002: ''Teidän kaupunkiin'' *2003; ''Kokeile uudestaan''

TKK & Juhani

;Albums

Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu

;Albums ;EPs ;Singles

Kuningas Pähkinä & Kilari Audio

;EPs

Yön Polte

;Singles

References

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