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Birth name | Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm |
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Denmark |
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Genres | Rap, Urban music, Danish pop |
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Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, rapper, musician |
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Years active | 2001 – 2011 (as UFO Yepha) 2011 – present (as solo) |
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Musical artist
Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm (born 1983 in Denmark) better known by his stage name Yepha, is a Danish, singer, rapper and hip hop artist. He was part of the rap duo UFO Yepha. After they split up, UFO and Yepha both went solo.
2002–2011: with UFO Yepha
Kristian Humaidan (known as UFO) won the freestyle championship MC's Fight Night in 2002. Soon he started collaborating as a duo with Yepha through Svendborg, and later from Aarhus. They were also known as Whyyou (taking lead from first letters of their names). They had a good number of chart successes before they split up as a duo in 2011.
They had three albums charting on the official Danish Albums Chart as follows: U vs. Y (2003 – reached #28), Ingen som os (2006 – reached #20) and Kig mig i øjnene (2008 – reached #32). They released many singles as UFO Yepha including charting singles "Hver dag" (2003, reached #1), "Næh næh" (Ufo Yepha feat. Anna David) (2008 – reached #20) and "Stille og roligt knald pa" (2009, reached #27)
2011– : solo career
While part of UFO Yepha, Yepha had collaborated with Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown, a collaboration that continued as a solo artist with the release of "Det stikker helt af" and "Klovn".
In 2012, Yepha released his single "Det går ned" that featured Niklas.
Discography
(For discography as a duo, see UFO Yepha discography)
Singles
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