Madi Banja (born 1 January 1986), is a R&B/

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artist from

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, rapping in Swedish. Born and raised in

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, Madi moved to

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, Stockholm when he was 13 years old where he met

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winning producer Vittorio Grasso. It took Madi many years later until he started with music. In 2014 he was featured on

Ison & Fille Ison and Fille more commonly Ison & Fille is a Swedish hip hop duo consisting of Ison Glasgow ("Ison") and Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille"). The two met in 1994 in JKS basketball club in Bredäng, Sweden. Their initial songs were included in a 200 ...

's platinum selling single "Länge leve vi". In November 2014 Madi put out his debut single "Inga problem" and in November 2015 he released his debut EP ''Det var inte med meningen''. The EP got nominated for two P3 Guld awards and one Grammis.

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Swedish rappers 1986 births Living people Swedish-language singers {{Sweden-musician-stub