Timo Juhani Snellman (born June 2, 1982), professionally known as Timo Pieni Huijaus (''Timo The Little Hoax''), is a Finnish rapper and fashion designer.

Career beginnings

Timo Pieni Huijaus comes from a family with musical background. He has been inspired by hip hop music since the early 1990s, and in 1996, after getting his first computer, he started to create his own music. At first he was touring with bands like

Fintelligens Fintelligens is a hip hop group from Helsinki, Finland. The band is formed of two MCs: Elastinen and Iso H. The band has released three albums and one compilation, all selling more than 150,000 copies. Career In the early 1990s the Finnish hi ...

and

Kapasiteettiyksikkö Kapasiteettiyksikkö (Finnish for "capacity unit") was a Finnish hip hop group from Helsinki. The group was formed in 1997 by Anders "Andu" Westerholm, Markku "Tasis" Wettenranta and Dan "Uniikki" Tolppanen. Along with Fintelligens, Kapasiteett ...

, using a pseudonym Ii. In addition to his musical career, he has also worked as a fashion designer and graphic designer.

Rähinä Records Rähinä Records is the biggest independent rap label in Finland. It was founded 1998 by Elastinen, Iso H, Andu, Tasis, and Uniikki, and started actual business in 2003. The name Rähinä Records is a brand name. The company also has a sublabel Ala ...

released a mixtape ''E.T.T.E.'' by Timo Pieni Huijaus and

Elastinen Kimmo Ilpo Juhani Laiho (born 1981), better known by his stage name Elastinen (meaning ''elastic'' in Finnish), is a Finnish rap musician and also known as one of the founders and is the CEO of the Finnish independent rap label Rähinä Records ...

in 2006. Timo Pieni Huijaus has also appeared on compilation albums and as a featured guest on albums by such rap acts as

Uniikki Dan Ahti Tolppanen (born 11 June 1981) is a Finnish rapper, better known by his stage name Uniikki (meaning unique). He is the co-founder in of Rähinä Records (founded in 1998) with Elastinen, Iso H, Andu and Tasis. Uniikki was born to a Jewi ...

and Trilogia.

Commercial success

In August 2008, Timo Pieni Huijaus and

Pyhimys Mikko Kuoppala (born 28 October 1981), professionally known as Pyhimys (in English ''The Saint''), is a Finnish rapper, songwriter and founder of the record company Yellowmic Records. He has gained success both as a solo artist and as a member o ...

released an album ''Arvoitus koko ihminen'', which peaked at number 16 on the Official Finnish Album Chart. His first solo album ''Emävale'' followed in November 2010. The album peaked at number 11 on the Official Finnish Album Chart and featured guest appearances by fellow rappers such as Elastinen, Illi and Joniveli. Timo Pieni Huijaus released his second solo album ''Kaikki loppuu'' in March 2012. Again Elastinen and Illi appeared as featured guests, along with Andu,

Tasis TASIS Schools, formally established as the TASIS Foundation, is a private Swiss foundation which operates a group of four international schools (including both day and boarding schools), operating in Switzerland, England, Portugal, and Puert ...

and JVG. The album peaked at number nine on the Official Album Chart and also featured his first song to appear on the Official Finnish Singles Chart, "Pleiboi", which peaked at number 15.

Selected discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As a featured artist

;Featured in *"Yritän" by Trilogia (2004) *"This Town (Remix)" by Brandon (2004) *"Pohjalt" by Uniikki (2005) *"Yksinäisyyden ja yhtenäisyyden vuori" by Asa (2006) *"Nippusiteitä ja mustaa teippii" by Elastinen (2007) *"Turhia murheita" by Fintelligens (2008) *"Riktiga ting" by

Redrama Lasse Mellberg (born 2 October 1977), better known by his stage name Redrama, is a Finnish rapper. He made a breakthrough in 2003. Redrama, who performs primarily in English, but also in Swedish and Finnish was part of a hip-hop group Alien Allie ...

(2009) *"Jatkan matkaa" by

Brädi Kari Olavi "Kapa" Härkönen (born 9 April 1979), better known by his stage name Brädi, is a Finnish hip hop artist. Brädi (pronounced "Braddy") has sung in Finnish language and in English (the latter mostly under the name Brad Spitt), in ban ...

(2010) *"Mitä jos" by

Mikael Gabriel Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman (born 25 February 1990), professionally known as Mikael Gabriel or MG, is a Finnish rapper. He has released six solo albums and appeared as a featured guest on songs by artists such as Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and U ...

(2011) *"Kasarin lapsi" by Jare & VilleGalle (2011) *"Yöeläin" by Flegmaatikot (2012)

References

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