Marcus Kabelo Møll Mosele (born 1993), also known under the stage name Slim Kamel or Kamelen, is a Norwegian rapper from

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. The rapper became famous when he escaped from police custody in 2015 at the same time as he released the single "''Si Ingenting''" (''

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'': Say Nothing). He signed a contract with the rap collective and record label NMG/G-Huset, and in 2017 he released the album ''Ambivalent''. He was nominated for the

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2018 in the year's breakthrough class with Gramostipend. Ahead of

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2021, he was nominated for the categories artist of the year and song of the year for "Creme de la crème". He won the Spellemannprisen 2021 in the class hip-hop for overall production from 2021.

Biography

He grew up in

. Mosele's youth was turbulent without a father present, and he was sent early to a special school for youth with behavioral difficulties. Mosele himself describes his upbringing as nice, but with a lot of "nonsense and fanfare". In 2014, Mosele was sentenced to two years in prison for two episodes of violence, where, among other things, he hit a random passerby in the head with cobblestone. Mosele escaped on his way to custody, but was arrested by police during a performance at a pub in Bergen two months later. In 2018, the police stopped a concert where Mosele performed. Several people, including Mosele, were arrested. The arrest took place after he allegedly shouted "" from the stage. Among other things,

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was found on the Mosele during the incident. After initially refusing a summons of NOK 12,000, he was sentenced in

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on 23 September 2020 to pay a fine of NOK 8,000 and NOK 2,000 in court costs.

Discography

Albums

* ''Ambivalent'' (2017) * ''Kingpin Slim'' (2019) * ''#Frikjent'' (2021)

EP

* ''Lyca'' (2018)

Singles

* "Si ingenting" (2015) * "Kjeltring" (2016) * "Beng beng beng" (2017) * "D e digg" (2017) * "Lil Homie" (2018) * "Hon e fin" (2018) * "Lyca" (2018) * "Vil ba vekk" (2019) * "Ba spis" (2019) * "Tilbake i City" (2020) * "Ferrari" (2020) * "Creme de la creme" (2021) * "BAP" (with

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and

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) (2022) * "Fakk min X" (with

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) (2022)

Film and TV

In 2022, the documentary ''Si ingenting'' (''

'': Say nothing) about the artist became the most watched documentary in Norwegian cinemas. In the same year, he played roles in the fiction series ''Verden er min'' and ''Rykter''.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Spellemannprisen winners People from Bergen Norwegian songwriters Norwegian singers Norwegian male rappers 1993 births Living people