Mariska (rapper)

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Mariska
Mariska - Ilosaarirock 2010.jpg
Mariska in Ilosaarirock 2010
Background information
Born
Anna Maria Rahikainen

(1979-02-19) 19 February 1979 (age 46)
Helsinki, Finland
OriginHelsinki, Finland
GenresRap, hip hop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2002–present
Labels Warner
Website mariska.fi

Anna Maria Rahikainen (born 19 February 1979), better known by her stage name Mariska, is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter. She writes her songs by herself, and the lyrics often deal with relationships, male chauvinism and politics.[ citation needed ]

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Biography

Born in Helsinki, Mariska began to play piano in Sibelius-Akatemia at the age of seven. She soon changed her style to punk and joined a punk-band called Oheisvasara. Mariska moved to London in 1998 to study Latin and old Greek in university. [1]

Career as a rap artist

Mariska returned to Finland in 2002 and her first album Toisin sanoen was released the same year. Her second album, Memento mori was released in 2004, and the third, Suden hetki followed in August 2005. The latter two were nominated for Emma Awards. [1]

Mariska and Pahat Sudet

In 2010, Mariska switched genre teaming up with Jaakko Jakku, Klaus Suominen and Luis Herrero. The new formation was named Mariska & Pahat Sudet. The self-titled album Mariska & Pahat Sudet was released in May 2010 and characterized as punk jazz and blues pop spiritual. [2]

In recently dying her hair red Mylène Farmer-style, she enhanced her image for the release of her 2012 album Kukkurukuu , which has thus far spawned the singles "Liekki", "Kukkurukuu" and "Kuolema on kalamies".

Career as a pop singer

After Mariska & Pahat Sudet dissolved in 2013 Mariska began working on her current solo career as a pop singer. She released a single Itserakkausjuttuu in 2015 and the subsequent album Matador in 2016. In 2018, she released a poem collection titled Määt ja Muut – Runoja eläimistä ja ihmisistä and in 2019 her second album as a solo pop singer titled Mariska. In 2020, Mariska participated in the 11th season of popular Finnish music reality show Vain elämää .

Discography

Albums

Solo
as Mariska & Pahat Sudet

Singles

Mariska & Pahat Sudet singles
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References

  1. 1 2 Maritta Kuula: Tukka ja järki samassa päässä Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Elvis ry. (artist of the month) (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ Suomiräppäri vaihtoi iskelmään Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Voice.fi (11 December 2009) (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ "Mariska". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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