Swedish hip hop
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Swedish hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop.
Swedish hip hop has its roots in Stockholm and Malmö in the middle 1980s. Swedish rap crews and artists usually rap in Swedish, English, or a mix of both.
The only hip-hop/rap magazine in Sweden was, Gidappa, which stopped publication in early 2004. Other Swedish magazines revolving around hip-hop culture are UP and Kingsize.
The break-through for Swedish hip-hop occurred in 1998-1999 with Petter and, later on Ken, Blues, all of whom rapped in Swedish. However, the first big commercial hip-hop act in Sweden was Just D, although many classified their work as pop. The Latin Kings was also one of the early big acts on the scene. Early Underground acts were Broadcaster D with One Eye Que (now known as Ayo), ADL and Feven. Later on ADL and Feven broke through commercially.
But those who represented Swedish hip hop since Day One (around 1983-84) and "started" hip-hop in Sweden include Per Cussion together with Grandmaster Funk. Afterwards, there were Rock Ski (Dele Shekoni), Almighty T (Tony Laurent), Mike C (Micke Janson), Abdula (Krister Guvenius), Scarcrow (Peder Erikson), Shy 814 (Marcin Wikström), Danne Malmer, Kasper Blom, Nico Cleyndert and MC II Fresh. Some of those mentioned above formed another rap crew, Ice Cold Rockers.
The Latin Kings and Petter, however, can be attributed to making Sweden's hip-hop scene internationally recognisable, in the mid-to-late 1990s.
As of April 2005, the most popular hip-hop act in Sweden (disputably) is Timbuktu.
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Well known crews and rappers:
- Just D Stockholm
- Looptroop Västerås
- Petter Stockholm
- Timbuktu Malmö
- Xeilon
- Chords Malmö
- Ken Stockholm
- Feven Stockholm
- Melinda Wrede
- Promoe Västerås
- Advanced Patrol Malmö
- ADL Stockholm
- Latin Kings Stockholm
- Blacknuss (hiphop-jazz-soul) Stockholm
- Ayo Stockholm
- Spotrunnaz Malmö
- Blues Stockholm
- BlaO (hiphop-collective) Göteborg
- Ison & Fille Stockholm
- Sam-E Stockholm
- TJ Stockholm
- Medina Stockholm/Göteborg
- Fattaru Stockholm
- 4:e Världen Stockholm
- Ayesha (dancehall/hiphop) Stockholm
- Frotté Dalarna/Uppsala
- Profilen Stockholm
- Eye´N´I Stockholm
- Snook Stockholm
- Excel Malmö/Köpenhamn
- Swing Stockholm
- Seron Karlstad/Åmål
- Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen (MBMA) Stockholm/Göteborg/Åmål
- Organism 12 Stockholm
- PST/Q Göteborg
- Lilleman Malmö
- PennyBridge Kingz
- Glaciuz The I.C.Y
- Ten-Brink
- Fronda
- De 6 Apornas Arme (D6AA)
- Cami
- SubGeniuz Skövde
- Palestine
- HighWon
- Rico Wondahman
- Mat åt Far
- AFC Stockholm
- Heli Malmö
Well known DJs:
- DJ Sleepy Stockholm
- DJ Vietnaam Stockholm
- DJ Embee Västerås?
- DJ Tony Zoulias Stockholm
- DJ Amato Malmö
- DJ Taro Stockholm
Well known Breakers:
- Bounce Stockholm
Books on Swedish hip hop
- Shoot
A photobook from the era of the magazine Gidappa. The collection of photos of the greatest hip-hop acts between 1996-2004. By the photographers Johan Palmgren and Oskar Ponnert.
- Mikrofonkåt
A book by the swedish journalist Fredrik Strage. A mix of rumors and facts about most of the Swedish hip hop artists.
Journalists / writers of hip-hop:
- Marimba Roney Aftonbladet
- Fredrik Strage frilans
- Tony Ernst Gidappa
- Andreas Karlsson frilans
- Martin Gelin Aftonbladet
- Andreas Melin Streetzone
Hip-hop focused publications and broadcasters :
- Gidappa magazine
- UP magazine
- Kingsize magazine
- The Voice radio station
- Crossfade tv, ZTV