Kana (Finnish musician)

Kana is a Finnish female rap musician. She began her music career in the Finnish TV show "Popstars", a contest for new pop musicians. After the show had finished, Kana began a solo career.

She had her own radio show "Kanalasta kajahtaa" on YLE YleX channel in 2003. The show featured mainly rap and R&B Music. In the same year she started hosting childrens' singing and talent game shows "Skabadabaduu" and Staraoke on MTV3. "Staraoke" won the first Interactive Emmy Award for Finnish show in Cannes in 2008. [http://www.pluslicens.se/index.php/site/news/staraoke_wins_an_emmy_award_in_cannes/P5]

In 2005 she released her first new singles from her second album.

The name "Kana" means "chicken" in Finnish but is also a nickname for a slightly ditzy woman, as is intended in this case. Fact|date=July 2008 At start of her career she took name "Phat Zik", which was fennicized as "Kana" when she started rapping in Finnish. She got her real name after ballerina Marianna Rumjantseva.

Discography

Albums

* "wRAP" (2003)
* "Tulen aina takaisin" (2007)

ingles

* "Kontti Norjaan" ("Container to Norway") (2003)
* "Sanamainari/Sydän ja pää" ("Wordminer/Heart and Head") feat. Afrodite (2003)
* "Sähkövirtaa" (2005 - gold)
* "Tulen aina takaisin" (promo - 2005)
* "Saan kaiken muuttumaan" (promo - 2006)

Homepage

[http://www.kanashow.com www.kanashow.com]