Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman (born 25 February 1990), professionally known as Mikael Gabriel or MG, is a Finnish rapper. He has released six solo albums and appeared as a featured guest on songs by artists such as

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, Lord Est, Robin and Uniikki. In 2016 Mikael Gabriel made his acting debut in a horror film '' Bodom'', inspired by the 1960 Lake Bodom murders, and also appeared in the Antti Jokinen film ''Pahan kukat''. He participated in the fifth season of the music reality television series ''

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'' and was one of the judges on the second season of the Finnish version of ''

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'' in 2018. On 10 January 2024, he and Nublu were announced as one of the participants of '' Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024'', the Finnish national final for the

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, with the song "Vox populi". Mikael Gabriel's father was a Swedish-speaking Finn and his mother, Liidia, is

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. His mother raised him as a single parent and he did not meet his father until he was in his teens.

Selected discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist As featured artist

References

1990 births Living people Musicians from Helsinki Finnish people of Estonian descent Finnish male rappers Long stubs with short prose {{Finland-musician-stub