Matti Huhta (born 1976 in
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
,
Finland
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) better known by his
stage name
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Seremoniamestari is a
Finnish rap
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artist and poet. Seremoniamestari is Finnish for ''
Master of Ceremonies''. In 2003, he shortened his artist name to simply Sere.
He was the first artist to release a
Finnish-only rap
EP (''Edustaa edustaa'' in 1998) and the first to release a Finnish-only album ''Omin sanoin'' in 2000.
At the beginning of his career, Sere became widely known as one of the first Finnish rappers to use
multisyllabic rhymes In rapping and poetry, multisyllabic rhymes (also known as compoundEdwards, Paul, 2009, ''How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC'', Chicago Review Press, p. 87.Eminem, with Sacha Jenkins, 2008, ''The Way I Am'', Dutton Adult, p. 17.Eminem, ...
and influenced many Finnish rappers to evolve their rhyming to more complex styles.
Discography
Albums
Demos / EPs
*1998: ''Edustaa edustaa''
*1999: ''Maan alla''
*1999: ''Potkin uutta tiedettä''
Singles
References
Finnish rappers
Living people
1976 births
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