Juno (rapper)

 (born 5 January 1987), better known by his stage name Juno, is a Finnish rapper.

Early life and career
Born in Helsinki, he is of Kenyan and Finnish descent. He lived in the city's and  neighborhoods, performing from the early 2000s. In 2005, he appeared as Juno in a TV reality show called Rap SM in the Finnish language rap section of the show. The other rappers in the Finnish leg were and.

Juno has joined various successful formations. Juno was first in the duo  with Mr. KO using hip hop, rap and electro influences. Signed to the 3rd Rail Music record label, the duo released the album Sirkusteltta in 2008.

But he also continued his solo efforts in 2008 releasing his debut solo album 13 on 10 December 2008 on Yellowmic Records that was produced by. In the summer of 2009, he also released his own EP Kettoteippi.

In 2009, he became part of the four-member hip hop band alongside  and Thono Slowknow. The band had immediate success particularly with the 2009 hit / music video "SMC Hoodrats".

Meanwhile, he also continued posting his own materials like "" (with ) and "" (with Kosola) and notably his second studio album V-tyyli on 27 January 2010 with Monsp Records followed by J.K x 2 Tunti terapiaa on 13 October 2010. Notable singles included "" and "".

The band released their 2011 album Raffii Suomi-flättii. The album peaked at number two on The Official Finnish Charts in June 2011. Singles included title track "" with HenryWho? and. Other collaborations included etc. An accompanying DVD was also marketed with the album.

Juno's third major cooperation was in the Finnish rap / reggae / folk formation that started in 2011 as a trio including Juno,  and. has had considerable success with its 2012 album Hääväki saapuu which reached number two on The Official Finnish Charts. Hit singles included the very successful "" (number two in charts) and "".

Juno's fourth studio album, 050187, was released in April 2013.

Juno also regularly contributes to the (Best of Buddha) project run by Green Buddha Records (GBR) with several tracks in both Parasta buddhaa (2010) and Parasta buddhaa 2 (2012). GBR has assembled a great number of hip hop artists that besides Juno included, Ama-T, Elia, Sam the Mään a.k.a. Okku, Dj Ink, DJ Double M, and.

Albums

 * Juno solo

EPs

 * Juno solo

Albums

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 * featured with Green Buddha Records

Singles

 * as part of