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Adam Tensta

 
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  • Born: August 01, 1983, Sweden
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rap
  • Representative Albums: "It's a Tensta Thing

Biography

Born Adam Momodou Eriksson Taal in Sweden on August 1, 1983, MC Adam Tensta remains based in the country of his birth, and released his first album, It's a Tensta Thing, on the K-Wrek label in late 2007. The album spawned two Top 20 singles in his home nation. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide
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Adam Tensta

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Born August 1, 1983 (1983-08-01) (age 26)

Adam Tensta (born Adam Momodou Eriksson Taal, August 1, 1983) is a Swedish hip hop MC. Tensta's debut album It's a Tensta Thing was released in September 2007 by K-Werks AB.

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Life and career

Adam Tensta's father is from Gambia and his mother is Swedish-Finnish. He grew up as the son of a single mother and an absent, heroin-addicted father in a project in the outskirts of Stockholm called Tensta. In a neighborhood where violence and crime is the norm, Adam Tensta refused to take the path of many of his peers. Instead of stealing, smoking dope and skipping school, he found a mental sanctuary in hip hop music and artists like the Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, Nas and Bob Marley became the source of inspiration for his first rhymes. To honor his roots, Adam took Tensta as his artist name, and for the first time Swedish newspaper headlines didn’t only refer to crime stories. Adam Tensta has never smoked, drank alcohol or done drugs. He strives to be a good role model and is a representative of “A Non Smoking Generation” and an ambassador for the Swedish chapter of “Save the Children,” a child advocacy group that looks after the value and safety of all children in the world.

His debut album was released in 2007 winning him a Grammis [1] and two Swedish DeeJay Awards.[2] On January 26, he was featured on the site of celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, highlighting the video of the single "My Cool". The song appeared on NBA 2K10.

"Kanye is gonna love this shit! He'll be mentioning this on his blog by the end of next week. Watch. This fella's name is Adam Tensta, and he is one of the freshest and illest rappers on the planet. And he's from Sweden! Though he raps in English. Tensta's beats are dope as shiz and he's rhyming about things other than the cliches in American hip hop: hoes and cash."

– Perez Hilton[3]

Discography

Albums

Album cover Album information
Itsatenstathing.jpg It's a Tensta Thing
  • Released: 2007
  • Chart position:
  • Certification/ Europe Sales: 10,000
  • Singles:
    • 2008 "Dopeboy (Do I Look Like I Sell Drugs)"
    • 2008 "Before You Know It Feat. Sophia Somajo"
    • 2007 "My Cool"
    • 2007 "They Wanna Know"
    • 2006 "Banging On The System"

Music Videos

Adam Tensta Videos Featuring Adam Tensta
  • Bangin' On The System
  • My Cool
  • Dopeboy
  • They Wanna Know
  • Back Before You Know It
  • Follow Me - By Pato Pooh
  • Area Turns Red 09 - By Eboi & Infinite Mass

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alla Grammisvinnarna 2008" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2008-01-09. http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=731447. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
  2. ^ "Adam Tensta Deejay-vinnare" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 2008-05-22. http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_1276927.svd. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
  3. ^ "Listen To This: Hip Hop All Over The World". PerezHilton.com. 2008-02-09. http://perezhilton.com/2008-01-26-listen-to-this-hip-hop-all-over-the-world. Retrieved 2008-01-26. 

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