(; formerly known as Jare & VilleGalle) is a Finnish rap duo made up of Jare Joakim Brand (born 8 October 1987) and Ville-Petteri Galle (born 4 October 1987). Their style is often referred to as sport rap. Both Jare and Ville are passionate athletes and originally became famous for their unique and comical sports-themed songs, where they rapped about ice hockey, soccer, doping, Finnish sportspeople (such as Jari Litmanen and

Teemu Selänne Teemu Ilmari Selänne (; born July 3, 1970) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger. He began his professional career in 1989–90 with Jokerit of the SM-liiga and played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Winn ...

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and playing

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video games. Some of their comedic lyrics are thought to be incomprehensible to those not from

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as much of their music adopts

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from the Eastern part of the Finnish capital. In 2020, during the

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, JVG held a

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concert on the first of May in a simulated version of

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, with estimated attendance somewhere from 700,000 to over 1,000,000.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Featured in VilleGalle was also featured in on: *2008: "Katkerat savut" by Hulabaloo (''Sirkusteltta'' album) *2009: "Siivoo suu poika" by Juno (''Kettoteippi'' album) *2009: "Raybanit" by Juno (''Kettoteippi'' album, also featuring ink) *2010: "Kuka on lämmittäny mun uunii?" by Gasellit (''Gasellit'' EP, also featuring Juno) *2010: "Suomileffas" by Juno (''J.K x 2 Tunti terapiaa'' album) *2010: "Hameen alle" by Matinpoika (''Vasta kohta'' album, also featuring Juno, Okku, Jessica & Linda) *2010: "Marraskuu" by X23 (''X23-12X'' album, also featuring Kassumato) *2011: "Feel Free (Remix)" by Gracias (''Gracias EP'', also featuring Juno & Paperi T) *2012: "Hiki" by Gasellit (''Kiittämätön'' album) *2012: "Tytöt (Uusi Fantasia Remix)" by PMMP ("Tytöt" single) *2013: "Syö mun suklaata" by Teflon Brothers (''Valkoisten dyynien ratsastajat'' album) *2013: "Täs sitä ollaa" by Juno (''050187'' album, also featuring Matinpoika) *2014: " Flexaa" by

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(single) *2015: "Keinutaan" by

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(single)

Other charted songs

Discography: VilleGalle

;Singles ;Featured in

References

External links

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