Mads Benjamin Kortland Hav (born 12 June 1985) is a Danish rapper and musician.
Hav was born in
Østerbro
Østerbro () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day ...
,
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
, the son of lyricist Niels Hav. He debuted in 2013 with the EP Baby together with producer Magnus Albert Wanscher in the duo Benal. The duo has received several awards for their releases.
In 2020, Hav broke out as a solo artist with the albums ''Spice Up Your Life'' and ''Dit syge dyr''. The following year, he released the album ''Tesla'' with the disco track "Den dejligste boy" which went platinum in Denmark. He received the Gaffa Award for Hip Hop Album of the Year in 2022 for the album ''Tesla''. In recent years, he has worked as a solo artist with "Familien", a creative community and backing band, and in 2023 he received the Gaffa Award for Livenavn of the Year 2023. He announced in an interview with Euroman that his fourth studio album ''Jeg vil bare gerne være et godt menneske, men det er ikke let'' would be released on 31 January 2025.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Danish male rappers
Musicians from Copenhagen
21st-century Danish male musicians
21st-century male rappers
Universal Music Group artists
Sony Music artists