Nuuk Posse is a hip hop group from Nuuk, Greenland. The group, whose members are Inuit, formed in 1985 under a different name, finally taking the name Nuuk Posse in 1991. Nuuk Posse is multilingual, rapping in Kalaallisut, English, and Danish.
The group's members include Andreas Hojgaard (beatbox), Lars Sørensen (rap vocals), Peter Motzfeldt (rap vocals, DJing), Henrik Pedersen (rap), Thomas Hansen (rap vocals), and John Olsen (rap vocals, lyrics). They released their first single, "Sussa Appinnagu" in 1992. Their first album album, NP, was released in 1995. In 1996 they released their album Kaataq through the Belgian label Sub Rosa.
Nuuk Posse has toured in various countries, including Sweden, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Canada, but never in Denmark.
The group were awarded the cultural prize of Greenland in 1995, and they were nominated as "Messengers of True" by the United Nations in 2004.Template:Citation
Discography[]
- 1995: NP
- 1996: Kaataq
External links[]
- Nuuk Posse at NME.com
- Nuuk Posse at MilkyCat.com