The nominees are official and Timbuktu is up for 2 awards for Best Live and Best Dressed at Kingsizegalan 2013 in February. Our man Chords scored no less than three nominations for Best Album, Best Solo Artist and Best Producer. Chords ia also a part of the crew Kwaai who are up for Best Original.
Keep the music flowing and vote for your favorite artists here (www.facebook.com/KingsizeSweden) and get your tickets to the event here.
Up and coming rapper Joey Bada$$ is heading our way and playing Hovefestivalen 2013 next summer. Joey who comes from Brooklyn, NY was first heard freestyling on a video when he was 15 that left most rappers in awe, he’s now 17 and is said to be the future of Hip Hop.
We can happily announce that Timbuktu & Damn! – Full Ära as well as Chords – Looped State Of Mind are both nominated for a Swedish Grammy 2013 in the category HipHop/Soul. Both albums are highly acclaimed by critics and have proved during the musical year of 2012 what Swedish HipHop is all about.
23,301,823 Swedish kronor! A record amount, for Swedish Musikhjälpen, was collected to help children in the slum to get clean water. We would like to congratulate everybody who have been involved and we are very proud and moved to see such generosity around us. Apart from Jason (Timbuktu) being a host for the show we also had some artist come play and raise awareness and money for the cause. Check out the performances by Chords, Looptroop Rockets and Timbuktu & Damn!
We’re happy to announce that Atlanta’s own Killer Mike is coming to Scandinavia in January 2013. You might know him as the guy who won a Grammy together with Oukast for “The Whole World” but Killer Mike has since then proved he’s a strong solo artist and his newest album “R.A.P. Music” is his best work so far. Check out the dates below and get your tickets asap! More info on www.badtasteevents.com
23/1 – Sawol, Oslo, Norway
24/1 – Familien, Trondheim, Norway
25/1 – Göteborg, Sweden
26/1 – Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden (Tickets)
It’s official; Chords is opening for Kendrick Lamar on his upcoming tour dates in Sweden in February 2013. Kendrick has said to have released the best hiphop-album internationally this year, and according to the media Chords is the representative for the best Swedish hiphop-album of 2012 so this will undoubtedly be three nights to remember.
11/2 – Kulturbolaget, Malmö
14/2 – Pustervik, Göteborg
15/2 – Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm
Don’t take any chances, get you tickets in advance: Click here to Malmö & Stockholm and here for Göteborg
Also check out Chords tonight on Swedish national television SVT2 at 18.00 helping out to raise money for Musikhjälpen.
Timbuktu & Damn! are nominated for Guldmicken at the p3 Guld Awards. Give them your vote; text guld live5 to 72250 (in Sweden) to support the music. Find more info on P3 Guld here: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=3964&grupp=13045
