Kuningas Pähkinä
(Kuningas Pahkina)
Pekka Karppinen, professionally known as Kuningas Pähkinä or TKK, is a Finnish
rap artist based in Vaasa, Finland, who was born in Saarijärvi in 1978. He began
his musical career in the early 1990s while living in Jyväskylä, drawing
inspiration from American hip-hop groups such as Public Enemy and House of Pain.
In 2000, he formed the duo Vapaapudotus with Myyrä, releasing four extended
plays, and went on to release several solo albums alongside a collaborative
record with Juhani. Karppinen also partnered with Kilari Audio to release the
extended play Musaa (Kadonneet kovalevyt o...
