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- ↑ Jerry Solfeldt Productions: Kartellen biography Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Leo "Kinesen" Carmona erkänner Arlandarånet". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ↑ Sverigeradio: Fryshuset tar avstånd från tweet om Åkesson (in Swedish)
- 1 2 "SwedishCharts.com Kartellen discography page". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-17. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
- ↑ Whoa.nu: Kartellen släpper mixtape (in Swedish)
- ↑ Whoa.nu Nya släpp från Kartellen, Shazaam & Industrin (in Swedish)
- ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 14, 2016" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ nyheter24: Kartellen "går loss" med ny singel (in Swedish)
