Kosovan-Albanian rapper
Viktor Palokaj |
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| Born | (1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 42)
Prishtina, Kosovo) |
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| Origin | Albanian |
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| Genres | Hip-hop, Rap |
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| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, chef |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
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| Labels | CONQUEROR RECORDS |
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| Members | The Bloody Alboz |
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Viktor Palokaj (born 18 March 1981), known professionally as Unikkatil (stylized as UniKKatil), is a Kosovan-Albanian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was one of the first Albanian rappers and the leader of TBA (The Bloody Alboz). He has never had a single music video filmed. Although he is not as active in the music industry nowadays, he is still considered by many as the best Albanian rapper of all time.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life
Viktor Palokaj known as Unikkatil a.k.a Rebel was born on 18 March 1981 in Pristina, and started his career 12 years later with the song "Zinxhirt qe s'kputen". At the time with the problems in Kosovo, between ethnic Albanians and Serbs, "Radio Selavija" (the only radio station in Kosova at the time) was reluctant to air his song because of the way he was insulting the Serbs on the record. Viktor went to middle school in Pristina and was at the same time a member of the Karate Club named "Studenti". After successfully finishing middle school, he registered in the Sami Frashëri High School. There, he was expelled from school three times. He mentions this in his song "Ni Milion Rrugë".
Because of family issues, Viktor emigrated with his family in 1996 to The Bronx, New York City, in the United States.
Career
After moving to the United States, Viktor opened his own studio called "CONQUEROR RECORDS" Where from 1998 to 2000 he only did songs in English, one of the songs that Viktor and his friend Milot made was called "Bloody Alboz". They then came up with the idea of making a rap group called "THE BLOODY ALBOZ", which in the Albanian language means Shqipet e Përgjakshme.
The first members were Unikkatil, Milot, Presion, ZEF, Klepto, Cyanide, Jeton, NAG and B52, with the last one dying in April 2018 due to a heart attack.[6]
Unikkatil released his first album in 2002 called "Shihemi N'përkujtime", then in 2004 he released "Fjalët E Pavdekshme", next in 2005 Unikkatil presented "The Bloody Alboz", "Armiqt Suprem" which 3 days after its release sold about '8000' copies. After one year he released "Kanuni Katilit" his last album to date.
