Adam Tensta

Adam Tensta

Adam Tensta (born Adam Momodou Eriksson Taal, August 1, 1983) is a Swedish hip hop MC. Tensta's debut album "It's a Tensta Thing" was released in September 2007 by K-Wrek Records.

Life and career

Adam Tensta's father is from Gambia and his mother is Swedish. The rapper grew up in, and took his name from, Tensta, a suburb of Stockholm. [cite web |url= http://www.hhnlive.com/features/more/314 |title= They Wanna Know: Adam Tensta |accessdate=2007-12-21 |date= 2007-07-19 |work= HHNlive.com]

His debut album was released in 2007 winning him a Grammis [cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=731447|title= Alla Grammisvinnarna 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-25 |date= 2008-01-09|work=Dagens Nyheter|language=Swedish] and two Swedish DeeJay Awards. [cite web |url= http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_1276927.svd |title= Adam Tensta Deejay-vinnare |accessdate=2008-05-25 |date= 2008-05-22|work=Svenska Dagbladet|language=Swedish] On January 26th, he was featured on the site of celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, highlighting the video of the single "My Cool".

Discography

Albums

ee also

* Swedish hip hop

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/adamtensta Adam Tensta on MySpace]


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