Timbuktu | |
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 Timbuktu at the Grammis Award 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jason Diakité |
| Also known as | Timbuktu |
| Born | 11 January 1975 Lund, Sweden |
| Genres | Hip hop, reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, rapper |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | JuJu |
Jason Michael Bosak Diakité[1] (born 11 January 1975 in Lund), known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a Swedish rapper and reggae singer.
Timbuktu is the son of Madubuko Diakité, a U.S. born Swedish human rights lawyer and academic.
Timbuktu started his career in the mid-1990s as part of the rap group Excel before going solo as Timbuktu. The inspiration for the pseudonym comes from the city of Timbuktu in Mali, where his father's family originally comes from.[2][3]
On March 1, 2020, he published the well-received memoir, A Drop of Midnight. He has won several Grammis awards, the highest music awards in Sweden, including Lyricist of the Year and best Hip-hop Record of the Year.
Timbuktu hosted the music aid radio/television show Musikhjälpen from its start in 2008 until 2012.
As part of Excel
Solo
| Year | Album | Chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [4] |
NOR [5] | ||
| 2000 | T2: Kontrakultur | 56 | — |
| 2002 | W.D.M.D. (Watt's dö madderfakking diil?) | 8 | — |
| 2003 | The botten is nådd! | 5 | — |
| 2005 | Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | Oberoendeframkallande | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | En high 5 & 1 falafel | 5 | — |
| 2011 | Sagolandet | 2 | 12 |
| 2012 | Pusselbitar | 5 | 29 |
| 2014 | För livet till döden | 4 | — |
| 2018 | En droppe midnatt | — | — |
| 2018 | Kärlekens Blandband (with Damn!) |
— | — |
| 2021 | Lullabies[6] (with Mapei) |
— | — |
| Du gamla du nya[7] | 19 | — | |
Live albums
| Year | Album | Chart position |
|---|---|---|
| SWE | ||
| 2004 | Live! (Timbuktu featuring Damn!) | 56 |
As part of Excel
| Year | Single | Chart position |
|---|---|---|
| SWE | ||
| 1998 | "Pump" | — |
| 1999 | "Allnite Long" | 32 |
| "You Move Me" | — |
Solo (as Timbuktu)
| Year | Single | Chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [4] |
NOR [5] | ||
| 1996 | "Lifestress" (Falcon & Sleepy featuring Timbuktu) | — | — |
| 1999 | "The Conspiracy" | — | — |
| 2000 | "Independent Moves" | — | — |
| "Naked Lunch" (with Promoe) | — | — | |
| "MVH" | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Pendelparanoia" | — | — |
| "Northface EP" | — | — | |
| "Alla vet" | — | — | |
| 2002 | "Gott folk" | 37 | — |
| "Jag drar" | — | — | |
| "Ljudet av.." | — | — | |
| "The Bad Sleep Well EP" (with Promoe) | — | — | |
| 2003 | "Vertigo" (with Promoe) | — | — |
| "Ett brev" | 52 | — | |
| "The Botten Is Nådd" | 24 | — | |
| "Dynamit!" (featuring Peps Persson) | — | — | |
| 2004 | "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö" | 6 | — |
| 2005 | "Det löser sej" (featuring Chords & Supreme) | 31 | 19 |
| "Stirra ner" | 52 | — | |
| 2007 | "Karmakontot" | 15 | — |
| "Lika barn avvika bäst del 2" | 51 | — | |
| "Fantasi" | — | — | |
| Tolerância (with Simone Moreno) | — | — | |
| 2008 | "Tack för kaffet" (with Dregen) | — | — |
| 2011 | "Dansa" (featuring Jan Lundgren, Dua Pannacotta) | — | — |
| "Kapitulera" (featuring Susanne Sundfør) | — | 12 | |
| "Dödsdansen" (Single version) | — | — | |
| "Resten av ditt liv" | 6 | — | |
| "Allt grönt" | — | — | |
| "Kamouflage (Invisible)" | — | — | |
| "Kom och håll om mig" | 38 | — | |
| "Det gör ont" | — | — | |
| "Övertygad (True Believer" | — | — | |
| "Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö" (rerelease of 2004 hit) |
46 | — | |
| "Flickan och kråkan" | 7 | — | |
| "Snart tystnar musiken" | — | — | |
| 2012 | "Cover Me - Københavnerkneipe" | — | — |
| "Stanna kvar" (with Damn!) | — | — | |
| "Fallskärm" | 26 | — | |
| 2013 | "Inte stor nog" | — | — |
| 2014 | "Triangeln" | — | — |
| 2019 | "Dansez" | — | — |
| "Falken" | — | — | |
| "Bourgeois Shangri-La" | 54 | — | |
| "Början på allt" (featuring Eye N'I) |
39 | — | |
| "Regn hos mig" | 65 | — | |
| 2021 | "AOD" (featuring Snoh Aalegra) | — | — |
| "Viva" (with Mapei) |
— | — | |
| "Bars från ett B-barn" | — | — | |
| "Hela världen väntar"[8] (with Junie) |
66 [9] |
— | |
| "Comme ci, comme ça"[10] | — | — | |
| 2022 | "Bästa vi gjort" (with Lamix) | —[A] | — |
Featured in
| Year | Single | Chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [4] |
NOR [5] | ||
| 2000 | "Catch Me" (Antiloop feat. Timbuktu) | — | — |
| 2000 | "Rulla med oss" (Petter feat. Timbuktu, Peewee & Eye N'I) | 34 | — |
| 2008 | "Naïve" (Looptroop Rockers feat. Timbuktu) | 58 | — |
| 2010 | "Dasa Bala" (Arash feat. Timbuktu and Yag) | — | — |
| "Let The Monkey Out" (Vinni & The Vagabonds feat. Timbuktu) | — | 13 | |
| 2012 | "Kjører på" (Madcon feat. Timbuktu) | — | 14 |
| 2012 | "Lava Cabeza" (Mashup International feat Timbuktu, VAZ, Gnucci) | — | — |
| 2013 | "Svarta duvor & vissna liljor" (Kartellen feat. Timbuktu) | 15 | — |
| 2017 | "Like I Used Too" (Snoh Aalegra feat. Timbuktu) | — | — |
| 2020 | "Naken"[12] (Anis Don Demina feat. Timbuktu) | 39 [13] |
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In April 2010 Arash released a video for "Dasa Bala"[14] featuring Timbuktu, Yag and Aylar Lie, which was directed and edited by Fred Khoshtinat.
