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Timbuktu has won Gold Record Awards in Sweden and Norway, and Grammy Awards in Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimbuktu began rapping in the early 1990s, and quickly became very popular in the hip hop scenes in Lund, Malmö, Copenhagen and Stockholm. In the mid-90s he formed the group Excel with a Danish rapper. In 2000, his first album, T2: Kontrakultur (\"T2: Counter Culture\"), was released, produced by Breakmecanix. The double album includes one disc with tracks in English and the other in Swedish. While recording T2, Timbuktu toured with Petter and Thomas Rusiak. He has also recorded with members of Looptroop and Snook.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 2008 he released the single, \"Tack för kaffet\" via the popular torrent site The Pirate Bay.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the son of Madubuko Diakité, a US born Swedish human rights lawyer and academic.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Timbuktu","playStationPath":"/stations/113767679/play","stationId":113767679,"bioPath":"/music/Timbuktu/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Melissa+Horn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f08/f086d05ea62d0eed2105606cd58154eb_md.jpg","artistName":"Melissa Horn","artistId":97677,"station_id":276809610},{"musicPath":"/music/Bob+Hund","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/77d/77db117e9cbaf69270069c5721d91075_md.jpg","artistName":"Bob Hund","artistId":2571,"station_id":113292500},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Latin+Kings","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7ee/7eeb708db19e582b2de069b61f55cccd_md.jpg","artistName":"The Latin Kings","artistId":748,"station_id":113433289},{"musicPath":"/music/Sakert+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/63c/63cf85d3c583673716e30b23fe297daf_md.jpg","artistName":"Säkert!","artistId":80210,"station_id":267754688},{"musicPath":"/music/Frida+Hyvonen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f29/f29e815694dbee1a24961ec6f14fda72_md.jpg","artistName":"Frida Hyvonen","artistId":11780,"station_id":113689107},{"musicPath":"/music/Titiyo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c85/c85ce5235de5c73ae9de5ca3dbe16636_md.jpg","artistName":"Titiyo","artistId":1687,"station_id":113391833},{"musicPath":"/music/Kapten+Rod","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5fa/5fa7d4cc52c458825443cbf4367c9baf_md.jpg","artistName":"Kapten Röd","artistId":97675,"station_id":276809608},{"musicPath":"/music/Chords","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c71/c71f1d06022a6f438e802f6e62996e47_md.jpg","artistName":"Chords","artistId":109298,"station_id":282140462},{"musicPath":"/music/Looptroop","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1a4/1a4ae2bbce3e43f271f1253ab27d4dbe_md.jpg","artistName":"Looptroop","artistId":507,"station_id":113507984},{"musicPath":"/music/Maskinen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/106/10667e26d69b1fe1378ed25f585b0fbd_md.jpg","artistName":"Maskinen","artistId":79268,"station_id":267338698},{"musicPath":"/music/Imperiet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/669/66991f24388e0e521e529307e33c8f26_md.jpg","artistName":"Imperiet","artistId":4949,"station_id":115077732},{"musicPath":"/music/Weeping+Willows","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/473/473906be5f6e2a53707274fe49e8abb0_md.jpg","artistName":"Weeping Willows","artistId":809,"station_id":113400359},{"musicPath":"/music/Petter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9d7/9d76865180ffd428951d973cabe744c1_md.jpg","artistName":"Petter","artistId":605,"station_id":113540145},{"musicPath":"/music/Freestyle","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9ed/9ed83509dfe3b8d7bdf6c8fd07096bb9_md.jpg","artistName":"Freestyle","artistId":416,"station_id":113322252},{"musicPath":"/music/Sahara+Hotnights","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8a6/8a6b29853bbb486983ea95cc2315eece_md.jpg","artistName":"Sahara Hotnights","artistId":1791,"station_id":113767721},{"musicPath":"/music/Eva+Dahlgren","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b4c/b4c5e6ece1e517a4c0aa2e6bd45aa471_md.jpg","artistName":"Eva Dahlgren","artistId":4869,"station_id":113661881},{"musicPath":"/music/Bjorn+Skifs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/df2/df23716f8b22e04c3afe4e6e494930b2_md.jpg","artistName":"Björn Skifs","artistId":9690,"station_id":114510818},{"musicPath":"/music/Markoolio","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/222/2229ff9117650aaae3b48de9f503c9b6_md.jpg","artistName":"Markoolio","artistId":2637,"station_id":113540431}]}