Dan Ahti Tolppanen (born 11 June 1981) is a Finnish singer, rapper and record producer, better known by his stage name Uniikki (meaning unique). He is the co-founder in of
Rähinä Records
Rähinä Records is the biggest independent Rap music, rap label in Finland. It was founded 1998 by Elastinen, Iso H, Andu, Tasis (rapper), Tasis, and Uniikki, and started actual business in 2003. The name Rähinä Records is a brand name. The comp ...
(founded in 1998) with
Elastinen
Kimmo Ilpo Juhani Laiho (born 1981), better known by his stage name Elastinen (''elastic'' in Finnish), is a Finnish rapper and also one of the founders and CEO of independent Finnish rap label Rähinä Records. Together with his colleague Iso ...
,
Iso H
Iso H (real name: Carl Henrik Rosenberg), born 11 January 1979 in Helsinki, is a Finnish rapper. Together with his colleague Elastinen, he formed the Finnish rap band Fintelligens.
On 30 June 2005, Iso H was sentenced to six and a half months ...
, Andu and
Tasis
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.
Uniikki was born to a
Jewish
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mother and Finnish father. He is a nephew of Finnish politician
Ben Zyskowicz. He grew up in
Malminkartano, Helsinki.
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Räppilapsuus: Uniikki
'. Youtube. Uniikki gained fame through membership in Finnish band
Kapasiteettiyksikkö
Kapasiteettiyksikkö ( Finnish for "capacity unit") was a Finnish hip hop group from Helsinki. The group was formed in 1997 by Anders "Andu" Westerholm, Markku "Tasis" Wettenranta and Dan "Uniikki" Tolppanen. Along with Fintelligens, Kapasitee ...
. For some recordings, he appeared in Rähinä (effectively a duo effort of
Elastinen
Kimmo Ilpo Juhani Laiho (born 1981), better known by his stage name Elastinen (''elastic'' in Finnish), is a Finnish rapper and also one of the founders and CEO of independent Finnish rap label Rähinä Records. Together with his colleague Iso ...
& Uniikki). He works as a solo act, and signed to his own Rähinä Records, but also has a great number of collaborations.
Discography
Albums
Mixtapes
*2008: ''Nuor Tolppanen vol. 1''
*2011: ''8190'' (mixtape with MG:n)
*2012: ''Nuor Tolppanen vol. 2''
Singles
;Charting
;Others
*2005: "En pyydä muuta" (with
Illi)
*2009: "Myrskyn silmäs" (with
Mia)
*2009: "Niinku elokuvis" (with
Jimi Pääkallo
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)
*2011: "Suurempaa" (with Mia)
*2011: "Kesäbaustaa"
*2011: "Kunnon mestaan vetää" (with Elastinen & Spekti)
*2011: "Ulkopuolelle" (with
Tasis
TASIS Schools, formally established as the TASIS Foundation, is a private Swiss foundation which operates a group of four international school, international schools (including both day school, day and boarding schools), operating in Switzerlan ...
)
*2012: "Paita pois"
*2012: (FIN #16)
;Promotional singles
*2008: "Vaik mitä tekis"
*2008: "Sä et enää rakasta mua"
*2009: "Tehdään tää näin" (with Wörlin & RZY)
;As Rähinä – Elastinen & Uniikki
;Featured in
References
External links
Uniikki MyspaceUniikki FacebookUniikki Rähinä Recordspage
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Finnish hip-hop musicians
Finnish male rappers
Jewish rappers
20th-century Finnish Jews
21st-century Finnish Jews
1981 births
Living people
Jewish hip-hop record producers
Finnish hip-hop record producers