Mariska (rapper)

Mariska
Mariska
	Mariska in Ilosaarirock 2010
Background information
Birth name	Anna Maria Rahikainen
Born	19 February 1979 (age 45); Helsinki, Finland
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Rap, hip hop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Warner
Website	mariska.fi

Mariska (born Anna Maria Rahikainen; 19 February 1979 in Helsinki) is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter. She writes her songs by herself, and the lyrics often deal with relationships, male chauvinism and politics.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Mariska began to play piano in Sibelius-Akatemia at the age of 7. She soon changed her style to punk and joined a punk-band called Oheisvasara. Mariska moved to London in 1998 to study Latin and old Greek in university.^[1]

Career as a rap artist

She returned to Finland in 2002 and her first album Toisin sanoen was released the same year. Mariska's second album, Memento mori was released in 2004, and the third, Suden hetki followed in August 2005. The latter two were nominated for Emma Awards.^[1]

Mariska and Pahat Sudet

In 2010 Mariska switched genre teaming up with Jaakko Jakku, Klaus Suominen and Luis Herrero. The new formation was named Mariska & Pahat Sudet. The self-titled album Mariska & Pahat Sudet was released in May 2010 and characterized as punk jazz and blues pop spiritual.^[2]

In recently dying her hair red Mylène Farmer-style, she enhanced her image for the release of her 2012 album Kukkurukuu, which has thus far spawned the singles "Liekki", "Kukkurukuu" and "Kuolema on kalamies".

Career as a pop singer

After Mariska & Pahat Sudet dissolved in 2013 Mariska began working on her current solo career as a pop singer. She released a single Itserakkausjuttuu in 2015 and the subsequent album Matador in 2016. In 2018 she released a poem collection titled Määt ja Muut – Runoja eläimistä ja ihmisistä and in 2019 her second album as a solo pop singer titled Mariska. In 2020 Mariska participated in the 11th season of popular Finnish music reality show Vain elämää.

Discography

Albums

Solo

2002: Toisin sanoen (In Other Words – FIN #23)
2004: Memento mori (FIN #9)
2005: Suden hetki (Hour of the Wolf – FIN #11)
2016: Matador
2019: Mariska
2020: Navidadii

as Mariska & Pahat Sudet

2010: Mariska & Pahat Sudet (FIN #16)
2012: Kukkurukuu (FIN #3)

Singles

2002: "Tarkasta tämä" (Check This Out – FIN #6)
2002: "Anteexi/Tee ze/Hiphoptauti" (Sorry/Do It/Hip Hop Disease – FIN #9)
2003: "Matematiikkaa" (Mathematics)
2004: "Hetken kestää elämää" (Life Is Just for a While – FIN #11)
2004: "Murha" (Murder)
2005: "Keinu" (Swing)
2005: "Sivustakatsoja" (Bystander)
2015: "Itserakkausjuttuu"
2015: "Sotilaat"
2016: "Typötyhjiin"
2016: "Entiselle"
2019: "Grafeenia"
2019: "Muuttumisleikki"
2019: "Minä liityin sinuun"
2021: "Terveisin Doris"
2021: "Pienii fiiliksii"

Mariska & Pahat Sudet singles

2010: "Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä" (The Sweet Poison Cooker)
2012: "Liekki" (Flame)
2012: "Kukkurukuu"
2012: "Kuolema on kalamies"^[3] (Death Is a Fisherman)

Featured in

2010: "Minä" (Kymppilinja featuring Mariska) (Me)

References

^ ^a ^b Maritta Kuula: Tukka ja järki samassa päässä Elvis ry. (artist of the month) (in Finnish)
^ Suomiräppäri vaihtoi iskelmään Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Voice.fi (11 December 2009) (in Finnish)
^ "Mariska". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2012.