Kari Olavi "Kapa" Härkönen (born 9 April 1979), better known by his stage name Brädi, is a Finnish rapper. Brädi (pronounced "Braddy") has sung in Finnish and in English (the latter mostly under the name Brad Spitt), in bands and solo.
Career Beginnings He started his musical career under the name A'damite in 2001. He eventually joined the Finnish hip hop band 5th Element and had three albums with the band.
He was also part of the hip hop trio Herrasmiesliiga with Cheek and TS. He opened many times for Cheek gigs as "tuplaamassa" (double mass) shows. He collaborated with Cheek in the music videos "Huligaani", "Raplaulajan vapaapäivä", "Täältä sinne", "Liekeissä", "Jos mä oisin sä", "Viihdyttäjä" and "Maanteiden kingi".
He has also appeared in recordings by Näkökulma, Maajoukkue, A04 and MGI.
Solo career Brädi's first solo studio album was Repullinen hiittiä released in May 2010. The album was produced by MGI. He also issued the mixtape Repullinen remixejä in 2012. He is preparing a new album after signing with Rähinä Records in 2012. His single "Lämpöö" featuring Redrama reached the Top 10 in Finland.
Personal life Brädi started as a sportsman playing basketball and is an announcer for the Finnish Namika Lahti basketball club's home games.Suosikki.fi: Suomalaisräppäri toimii koriskuuluttajana (in Finnish)
Discography
Albums in 5th Element 2002: I 2004: Kakkonen 2005: 2,8‰ in Herrasmiesliiga (with Cheek and TS) 2006: Herrasmiesliiga
Solo YearTitlePeak chart positionsFINFinnishCharts.com: Brädi discography2010Repullinen hiittiä142012 Näis kengis 392014 III 4
Mixtapes YearTitle2012Repullinen remixejä
Singles YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbumFIN2010"Mä tarjoon" (feat. Illi)5Repullinen hiittiä"Kuka hän on"—"Kato mun käteen"—2012"Lämpöö" (feat. Redrama)1Näis kengis2014"Hätähuuto" (feat. Toni Wirtanen)5III"Uimaan" (feat. PistePiste)172016"Kombo" (feat. Evelina)12Non-album singles"Saturnus" (feat. Illi)10
Featured in YearSingleFINAlbumFINFinnishCharts: Robin feat. Brädi discography page2012"Puuttuva palanen" (Robin feat. Brädi)4Robin album Chillaa
Music videos 2010: "Mä tarjoon" 2010: "Kato mun käteen"
References
External links Brädi page on Rähinä Records website Brädi page on Facebook