In this series, we will tell you about those who laid the foundation for what we see today. Those who made sure that hip-hop found a home in Sweden as well.
We are entering the 90s and hip-hop has grown really big in the US. Here at home, among others, the Timebomb collective has started making hip-hop that is of international class. But none of them get the big break as a rap star.
At the end of the nineties, Swedish hip-hop explodes. It goes from subculture to mainstream. But many didn't thought that it would be a dyslexic white middle-class guy from Södermalm who would kick open the Swedish hip-hop door.
After a few real golden years, hip-hop Sweden wakes up with a hangover. The record industry is collapsing because of the illegal downloads and the first to be kicked out on the street are the hip hop artists.
