Kari Olavi "Kapa" Härkönen (born 9 April 1979), better known by his
stage name
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Brädi, is a
Finnish rapper. Brädi (pronounced "Braddy") has sung in
Finnish and in English (the latter mostly under the name Brad Spitt), in bands and solo.
Career
;Beginnings
He started his musical career under the name A'damite in 2001. He eventually joined the Finnish hip hop band
5th Element and had three albums with the band.
He was also part of the hip hop trio Herrasmiesliiga with
Cheek
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and TS.
[ He opened many times for Cheek gigs as "tuplaamassa" (double mass) shows. He collaborated with Cheek in the music videos "Huligaani", " Raplaulajan vapaapäivä", "Täältä sinne", " Liekeissä", " Jos mä oisin sä", "Viihdyttäjä" and "Maanteiden kingi".
He has also appeared in recordings by Näkökulma, Maajoukkue, A04 and MGI.
;Solo career
Brädi's first solo studio album was ''Repullinen hiittiä'' released in May 2010. The album was produced by MGI. He also issued the mixtape ''Repullinen remixejä'' in 2012. He is preparing a new album after signing with Rähinä Records in 2012. His single "Lämpöö" featuring Redrama reached the Top 10 in Finland.
]
Personal life
Brädi started as a sportsman playing basketball
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and is an announcer for the Finnish Namika Lahti basketball club's home games.Suosikki.fi: Suomalaisräppäri toimii koriskuuluttajana
(in Finnish)
Discography
Albums
;in 5th Element
*2002: ''I''
*2004: ''Kakkonen''
*2005: ''2,8‰''
;in Herrasmiesliiga
(with Cheek
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and TS)
*2006: ''Herrasmiesliiga''
;Solo
Mixtapes
Singles
;Featured in
Music videos
*2010: "Mä tarjoon
*2010: "Kato mun käteen
References
External links
Brädi page on Rähinä Records websiteBrädi page on Facebook
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Finnish hip-hop musicians
1979 births
Living people
Finnish male rappers