Kana (''Marianna Elisabeth Alanen'') is a

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rap music 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 ...

ian. She began her music career on the Finnish

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'', a contest for new pop musicians. After the show ended, Kana embarked upon a solo career. She had her own radio show ''Kanalasta kajahtaa'' on

YLE Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

YleX channel in 2003. The show featured mainly rap and R&B Music. In the same year, she started hosting children's singing and talent game shows ''Skabadabaduu'' and

Staraoke ''Staraoke'' is a children's game show (from 8 to 12 years old) based on karaoke, which aired on Boomerang in Europe. The show was created in Finland by the company Intervisio and was broadcast on MTV3 from 2003 to 2011. The show's format bega ...

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. ''Staraoke'' won the first Interactive Emmy Award for a Finnish show in Cannes in 2008. In 2005, she released singles from her second album. The name "Kana" means "

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but is also a nickname for a slightly ditzy woman, as is intended in this case. At the start of her career she took the name "Phat Zik", which was fennicized as "Kana" when she started rapping in Finnish. Her real name comes from

ballerina A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on yea ...

Marianna Rumjantseva Marianna may refer to: * Marianna, Arkansas, USA * Marianna, Florida, USA * Marianna, Pennsylvania, USA * An English spelling for Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 602 Marianna, an asteroid, number 602 in the minor planet catalog * Marianna (given na ...

Discography

Albums

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'' (2003) * ''Tulen aina takaisin'' (2007)

Singles

* ''Kontti Norjaan'' (''Container to Norway'') (2003) * ''Sanamainari/Sydän ja pää'' (''Wordminer/Heart and Head'') feat.

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(2003) * ''Sähkövirtaa'' (2005 - gold) * ''Tulen aina takaisin'' (promo - 2005) * ''Saan kaiken muuttumaan'' (promo - 2006)

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Finnish women singers Finnish women rappers {{hiphop-bio-stub