Timbuktu (artist)
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Timbuktu (Jason Diakité) is a Swedish rap artist, widely regarded as one of Sweden's most talented MCs.
Timbuktu started rapping in the early 1990s, and quickly became very popular in the hip hop scenes of Malmö, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. In the mid 90s he formed the group Excel with another danish rapper. In 2000, his first album, T2: Kontrakultur, was released, produced by Breakmecanix. The double album features one disc with tracks in English and the other disc in Swedish. At the same time as he was recording T2, Timbuktu toured with Petter and Thomas Rusiak.
Timbuktu has also recorded with members of Looptroop.
Discography
- T2: Kontrakultur (2000)
- W.D.M.D. (Wått's dö madderfakking diil?) (2002)
- The båtten is nådd (2003)
- Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö (2005)
- More about the Swedish hip hop.
External links
- Artist summary on Warner/Chappell Music (http://www.warnerchappell.se/wcmse/featured/featuredfloater.jsp?blurbName=Featured%2BTalent%2B2&TheArtist=Timbuktu)