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(Redirected from Dream (rapper)) Finnish rapper (born 1974) Not to be confused with Peter Nygård. "Travis Bicle" redirects here. For the film character, see Travis Bickle.

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Petri Nygård
Nygård in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Petri Jukka Mikael Laurila
Also known as	Dream Travis Bicle
Born	February 1974 (age 50) Kristianstad, Sweden
Genres	Hip hop dirty rap comedy hip hop pop-rap hip house crunk

Website	petrinygard.com

Petri Jukka Mikael Laurila (born February 1974), better known by his stage name Petri Nygård, is a Finnish rapper. He is also known under alias Dream (in rap duo Nuera) and as Travis Bicle.

He has gained notoriety for his sexually explicit and misogynistic lyrics and his provocative stage shows (which often include nude women, pyrotechnics, drunk fans and giant inflatable vagina sculptures). His lyrical themes often focus on alcohol, parties, sex, women, pornography, hangover, masturbation, dissing Finnish celebrities and satirizing popculture and phenomena.

Early life

Laurila is of Sweden-Finnish origin: he was born in Kristianstad, Sweden, to Finnish parents and spent his childhood in Sweden. After serving briefly in the army, he moved to Chicago and eventually to Finland, residing in Tampere and Helsinki. He found initial success in his online release Vitun Suomirokki in 2000 on Poko Rekords going platinum with sales of 17,000 copies. The follow-up single entitled "Kanava Nolla (antakaa mun olla)" was also successful selling 9,000 copies. His debut studio album Mun levy! went gold with sale of 25,000 copies.

Nuera

Nuera
Origin	Finland
Genres	Rap
Years active	1992–2003

Past members	Dream (Petri Laurila) Skem (Henry Kaprali)

Laurila started his career as part of the rap duo Nuera. He was known as an MC under the alias Dream whereas his partner in the band was Henry Kaprali known as Skem. They were active in the 1990s releasing several cassettes through Open Records. They also collaborated with other artists on the record label.

In 2004, both Dream and Skem joined DJ K2 in YleX weekly radio show featuring rap and R&B artists.

Travis Bicle

The duo disbanded as Henry Kaprali (Skem) moved to New York City going into music production with Turnin' Records.

As for Laurila (Dream), he took a new alias, Travis Bicle, and released an album in 2007 entitled Committed produced by Kapralin and Turnin' Records.

Solo as Petri Nygård

Laurila continued with a successful rap career taking the name Petri Nygård. After the successes of 2000 and 2001, he has had a considerable comeback starting 2009 with new download only releases. He also released in 2009 a full studio album entitled Kaikkee pitää olla. His next album, Kaikki tai ei mitään, was released in February 2011. The single from the album included the November 2010 single "Sarvet esiin" featuring Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma. The second single entitled "Selvä päivä" featuring Lord Est has shot to #1 on Suomen virallinen lista, the official Finnish singles chart.