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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm |
| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Denmark |
| Genres | Rap, Urban music, Danish pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, rapper, musician |
| Years active | 2001 – 2011 (as UFO Yepha) 2011 – present (as solo) |
Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm (born 1983 in Denmark) better known by his stage name Yepha, is a Danish, singer, rapper and hip hop artist. He was part of the rap duo UFO Yepha. After they split up, UFO and Yepha both went solo.
2002–2011: with UFO Yepha
Main article: UFO YephaKristian Humaidan (known as UFO) won the freestyle championship MC's Fight Night in 2002. Soon he started collaborating as a duo with Yepha through Svendborg, and later from Aarhus. They were also known as Whyyou (taking lead from first letters of their names). They had a good number of chart successes before they split up as a duo in 2011.
They had three albums charting on the official Danish Albums Chart as follows: U vs. Y (2003 – reached #28), Ingen som os (2006 – reached #20) and Kig mig i øjnene (2008 – reached #32). They released many singles as UFO Yepha including charting singles "Hver dag" (2003, reached #1), "Næh næh" (Ufo Yepha feat. Anna David) (2008 – reached #20) and "Stille og roligt knald pa" (2009, reached #27)
2011– : solo career
While part of UFO Yepha, Yepha had collaborated with Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown, a collaboration that continued as a solo artist with the release of "Det stikker helt af" and "Klovn".
In 2012, Yepha released his single "Det går ned" that featured Niklas.
Discography
(For discography as a duo, see UFO Yepha discography)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak position | Certification |
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| DEN | |||
| 2012 | "Det går ned" (Yepha feat. Niklas) |
31 | |
| "Ik' gør' det" |
17 |
- Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak position | Certification |
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| DEN | |||
| 2009 | "Skub til taget" (Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Yepha) |
3 |
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| 2011 | "Det stikker helt af" (Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Yepha) |
6 |
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| "Klovn" (Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Yepha & Casper Christensen) |
5 |
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References
- "danishcharts.dk – Discography Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown". Hitlisten. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- "danishcharts.dk – Discography Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown". Hitlisten. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 July 2011.