KESI (rapper)

Oliver Manjet Chambuso (born September 7, 1992), known as Oliver Kesi or just Kesi (stylised as KESI), is a Danish rap artist. He promoted himself through his own YouTube channel within the grime genre[1] also cooperating with others, notably Kidd. He also made music with a group of Nørrebro-based rap artists BOC (abbreviation for Bars of Crack or Bombs Over Copenhagen or Bombs Over Centrum). Success on the Internet with particular debut song "Byen Sover" (meaning "The City Sleeps") led to a series of concerts and interest from established record labels, such that Kesi, at the age of 18 signed with Universal Records in July 2011.[2]

KESI
Kesi at Kolding kulturnat (21 August 2015)
Background information
Birth nameOliver Chambuso
Also known asKESI
Born (1992-09-07) September 7, 1992
Nørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark
OriginDenmark
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper
Years active2011-
LabelsUniversal Records Denmark

In August 2011 Kesi released his first official single "Slem dreng" (meaning bad boy).[3] This brought in great visibility in the media[4] and an appearance on TV 2 in a special feature[5] Kesi also performed in a series of concerts, including at Roskilde Festival, Distortion-festivalen and festival Sounds.[6] His follow-up single on Universal is the single "Født I Dag" (meaning born today) produced by Benny Jamz from BOC and also the single "Ku godt". His debut album Bomber Over Centrum was released in February 2012 followed by Ung hertug in 2013 and Barn af Byen in 2015.

Discography

Albums
Year Title Peak chart positions
DEN
[7]
2012 Bomber over centrum 9
2013 Ung hertug 5
2015 Barn af byen 3
2020 BO4L 1
[8]

EPs
Year Title Peak chart positions
DEN
[7]
2019 888 2

Singles
Kesi at Kolding kulturnat (21 August 2015)
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
DEN
[9]
2011 "Slem Dreng" 10 Bomber over centrum
"Født i dag" 30
2012 "Ku godt" 9
"Gadehjørne"
(featuring Gilli & Mass Ebdrup)		 17
2014 "Søvnløs" 1 Barn af byen
2015 "Dumme penge"
(featuring Don Stefano)		 11
2017 "God dag" 9
"Consigliere"
(featuring Gilli)		 11
"Mamacita"
(featuring Benny Jamz)		 4
"Op"
(featuring Gilli and Benny Jamz)		 5
"Designer"
(featuring Gilli)		 17
"Følelsen" 2
2018 "Ligesom mig" 3
"Kom Over" 1
"Ekstra" 3
"Su casa"
(featuring Gilli)		 1
2019 "X" 1
"Pengedans" 3
"Vågn op"
(featuring Don Stefano)		 3
2020 "Tilbage"
(featuring Hennedub)		 1
"Blå Himmel"
(featuring Hans Philip)		 1
[10]

Featured on

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
DEN
[7]
2013 "Kysset med Medina"
(Hedegaard featuring KESI)		 25 Non-album single
2016 "Adios"
(Gilli featuring KESI)		 20[11] TBA
2018 "Tjep"
(Benny Jamz featuring KESI)		 10
[12]		 Non-album single

Other charted songs
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
DEN
[9]
2019 "BDK"
(featuring Gilli)		 2 888
"Hele vejen"
(featuring Gilli)		 10
"1 nat" 11
"Ik sadan der"
(featuring Benny Jamz)		 21
"Ung & dum" 24
2020 "Hygger Mig Pt. 2"
(featuring Gilli)		 8
[10]		 BO4L
"Baku"
(featuring Icekiid)		 12
[10]
"Snak Lidt Med Mig" 15
[10]
"Ik Tænk"
(featuring Benny Jamz)		 16
[10]
"Niveauer" 19
[10]
"Fokus/Nætter"
(featuring Benny Jamz and Kimbo)		 26
[10]
"Forretning"
(featuring Sivas)		 27
[10]
"10 Timer" 29
[10]
"Om Igen"
(featuring Noah Carter)		 36
[10]
gollark: In things not seen by other people much!
gollark: Expensive watches are status symbols. People probably know at some level that they are getting a status symbol.
gollark: If they wanted it for *function* they would buy a cheap digital one as I did.
gollark: But they probably do know that it's a high-status watch.
gollark: They might not know or care what would be a technically superior watch.

References
  1. MetroXpress: Unge kometer eksploderer uden pladeselskaber (in Danish)
  2. MetroXpress: Kesi - »Undergrunden betaler jo ikke mine regninger« (in Danish)
  3. Spolopdate: Oliver Kesi klar med første singleudspil
  4. SoundVenue: Her er dansk hiphops fremtid (in Danish)
  5. Nyhederne: Mød fremtidens rapstjerner her (in Danish)
  6. SoundVenue: Se billeder fra Distortions Final Party (in Danish)
  7. DanishCharts: KESI page
  8. "Album Top-40 Uge 31, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. Search for KESI on Danishcharts.dk
  10. "Track Top-40 Uge 31, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2016-06-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Track Top-40 Uge 37, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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