Pst/Q

• Active: '90s, 2000s
• Genres: Rap

Biography

Petter Stenqvist, alias Pst/Q, was the most well-known MC from Göteborg in the late '90s. Lyrically he broke new ground for Swedish hip-hop with a complex wordplay where traditional flow was not as important as advanced rhyme structures. Making music since 1992, he did rap in English with Wolfpack but started using his native Swedish with 3Ess. In 1998, he formed the collective Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen together with Seron, Organism 12, and Leo, whom he had met over the Internet. The coming two years they spread their music via MP3 and managed to get a small following this way. In the spring 2000, Pst/Q released his debut EP, Pluralis Majestates, the title a hint of the lexical richness to be found on the four tracks. Apart from probably having the most comprehensive vocabulary of all Swedish MCs, Pst/Q also made up the most morbid pictures, contested only by his compadres in MBMA and a few very small underground names. On Looptroop's "Jag Sköt Palme" he contributed a verse, which he insisted was not ironic, about the killing of the Prime Minister, but failed in stirring up much of a protest storm. In 2001 Pst/Q was working on his debut album, to be released on Looptroop's label David vs. Goliath. ~ Lars Lovén, All Music Guide