Zacke

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Zacke
Zakarias Lekberg
Born (1983-08-09) August 9, 1983 (age 38)
Stockholm
GenresRap/Hip hop
Years active2003–present
LabelsBad Taste Records Academy of Fine Arts
Associated actsMovits
Websitewww.zackemusik.se

Zakarias Lekberg, better known as Zacke, is a Swedish rapper from Luleå in northern Sweden.

Biography[]

Zacke was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother is Swedish but his father is from Morocco. After his parents break up he and his mother moved to Luleå while Zacke was just a few years old.[1]

Music career[]

Zacke released his first EP in 2003 and followed that with his second EP which was produced by Emil Pettersson in 2004. Both of his EPs received good comments from critics[citation needed] and the track from his second EP was played on P3 for a while in 2004.[2]

In 2010 he released his first real album and it was a major hit and was praised by almost every reviewer. The album won the prize “Best hiphop” at in 2011.[3]

In February 2013 Zacke released his second and his latest full length solo album Renhjärtat. Just like his previous album Renhjärtat gained good critics and Swedish music papers like Kingsize Magazine gave it 4 out of 5.[4] Throughout his whole career Zacke has collaborated and made songs with some of Sweden's biggest artists such as Movits, Mattias Alkberg, Oskar Linnros, Timbuktu and . His close work with the group Movits (also from Luleå) led to a new group called Alaska started by Zacke and from Movits. The idea of the group was to make music that they did not think fitted their two main projects (Movits and Zacke). The duo´s first album Alaska was released in the summer of 2014.[5] Both and were produced by from Movits.

Critics have praised Zacke ever since his first release in 2003 for his way of expressing himself throughout his lyrics.

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • 2003 – (EP)
  • 2004 – (EP)
  • 2010 –
  • 2013 –
  • 2014 – Alaska (with Alaska)
  • 2016 – Fattigkussen
  • 2020 - Pengar. Frihet. Zakaria Jamal.

Singles[]

  • 2008 – BS
  • 2009 – Öppet idag
  • 2009 – Förlorad generation
  • 2009 – Spela mig på radion
  • 2010 – 1000-0 till idioterna
  • 2012 – Mammas nya kille
  • 2012 – Utomlands
  • 2012 – En skata flög
  • 2012 – Minicall
  • 2013 – Halvvägs
  • 2015 – Det börjar med mig (with )
  • 2020 – Ge dom allt
  • 2020 – Solsidan
  • 2020 – 100 mil (feat. Movits!)
  • 2020 – Kommer Hem (feat. Parham)

References[]

  1. ^ "Avsnitt 3 – Zacke/Zakarias Lekberg". Gatuslang.
  2. ^ "Guldgruvan: Zacke – Var här". Whoa.
  3. ^ "Visst är det vackert vinnare av Manifest! - Zacke". zackemusik.se.
  4. ^ "Zacke - Renhjärtat (2013) - 10 recensioner". Kritiker.se.
  5. ^ "Intervju – Alaska". Kingsizemagazine.se - Svensk hiphop rap musik dans kläder artister tv.
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