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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren |
| Also known as | Papa Dee |
| Born | (1966-07-13)13 July 1966 (age 58) |
| Origin | Gothenburg,Sweden |
| Genres | Hip hop,ragga,dancehall,trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician,songwriter, voice actor |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Website | papadee.se |
David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren (born 13 July 1966), better known by thestage namePapa Dee, is aSwedishrapper. His most commercially successful track is his version of theCat Stevens song "The First Cut Is the Deepest".
Wahlgren debuted in 1988 with the single "Funky Raggamuffin/Let the Music Play", a mixture of dancehall andhip hop. He then joined theStonefunkers and became the group's rapper. This was followed by a few years of cooperation withRob'n'Raz. Wahlgren then went solo, and had his breakthrough in 1990 with the albumLettin' Off Steam, which was predominantly hip hop and dancehall. His next album,One Step Ahead, had elements ofsoul andreggae, mixing song and rap. His 1994 release,Original Master, produced byDenniz Pop at Cheiron Studio, incorporatedEuro disco into his music.
During the 1990s and 2000s, he released several albums, often in cooperation with Desmond Foster and a couple withSoundism. 2001, Soundism also produced the Papa Dee song "Hottie Hottie Girls" featuringLady Saw,[1] Jamaica's prime female dancehall star.Kent (Gillström) Isaacs also produced a couple of Papa Dee's more daring and innovative albums. One of the albums they did together was the cover album, recorded in Jamaica, with reggae musicians including Horse-Mouth,Flabba Holt and Chinna Smith.He is also a member of TheBrooklyn Funk Essentials and of Dubchek with David Barratt.
His songs have been featured in several feature films includingPredator 2, starringDanny Glover. In 1997 Dubchek made music for the critically acclaimedTwo Girls and a Guy featuringRobert Downey, Jr. andHeather Graham. In the Swedish feature film/comedySmala Sussie Papa Dee was credited both featuring as himself onscreen and as songwriter.
PD composed music for the stage (Top Dog/ Underdog at Stockholms Stadsteater)
Due to his prolific yet flexible imprint Papa Dee has enjoyed a successful career as one of Sweden's most sought after voice artists dubbing cartoons and movies alike.
As founding member of the NYC groove collectiveBrooklyn Funk Essentials he has recorded 4 full-length albums:
AsDubchek withDavid Barrat, Papa Dee recorded full-length albums
Highlights as featuring guest artist include:
In 2001Chrysler used his track ”Ispy” for its worldwide commercial.
Between 2000-2008 Papa Dee hosted his own radio show,P3 Rytm for SR, the Swedish National Radio Network
2012: Back on the move Papa Dee's currently working on his bookWas Jean Baptiste Bernadotte a blackman? and his upcoming albumFall From Grace is in the final stages.
Wahlgren was born inGothenburg,Sweden, to a Swedish mother and aGhanaian father.[2] His father left the family when he was a small child.[3]
On 14 September 2008, Wahlgren was arrested and charged with grave assault (Swedish:grov misshandel) with bodily harm to his wife Andrea on a street and in their apartment.[4][5] His wife categorically denied that maltreatment had taken place and later wrote a book,En Fjärils Kamp (A Butterfly's Struggle), about how she was not heard in the trial.[4][6] Despite this, a Swedish lower court found him guilty of a lesser charge of assault (Swedish:misshandel) on 20 October 2008 based on testimony from multiple witnesses and he was fined SEK 8,700.[7][8][9] In 2010, the Swedish High Court acquitted him of the other charges of assaulting his wife in their apartment after she denied the assault.[10] Papa Dee was awardedSEK 25,000 for the suffering as a result of the prosecution and SEK 18,045 for lost income and costs.[10] Papa Dee and Andrea Wahlgren divorced in 2012.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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| SWE [11] | AUT [12] | FIN [13] | NOR [14] | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | "Let the Music Play / Funky Raggamuffin" | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||
| 1989 | "Microphone Poet"(withRob'n'Raz) | — | — | — | — | Lettin' Off Steam | |||||||||
| 1990 | "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" | 16 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Lettin' Off Steam" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Beautiful Woman (Love Supreme)" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1991 | "Take It Easy" | — | — | — | — | One Step Ahead | |||||||||
| 1992 | "Ain't No Substitute" | 6 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1993 | "Runaround Girl" | 19 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Mr. Taxidriver" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1994 | "I'd Rather Be with You" | — | — | — | — | Original Master | |||||||||
| "Jungle Sound Clash" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1995 | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | 5 | 20 | — | 9 | The Journey | |||||||||
| 1996 | "The Journey" | 9 | — | 20 | — | ||||||||||
| "The Tide Is High" | 44 | — | 20 | — | |||||||||||
| "Feeding You Lies" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1998 | "Island Rock" | 23 | — | — | — | Island Rock | |||||||||
| "Endless Road" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1999 | "The Big Showdown" | — | — | — | — | The Man Who Couldn't Say No | |||||||||
| 2001 | "I Spy" | 40 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Hottie Hottie Girls" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2005 | "My No 1"(fromMelodifestivalen) | 51 | — | — | — | single only | |||||||||
| "Murder in the Dancehall" | — | — | — | — | Live It Up! | ||||||||||
| 2008 | "Suzy Wong" | — | — | — | — | Papa Dee Meets the Jamaican Giants | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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| SWE | FIN | UK | US | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | "Summertime Is Partytime / Summertime"(by Jon Rekdal) | — | — | — | — | singles only | |||||||||
| "Competition Is None"(byRob'n'Raz) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1989 | "After The Rain (Ragamuffin Style)"(byTitiyo) | 13 | — | 60 | — | ||||||||||
| 1990 | "Big Bad World"(byDayeene) | — | — | — | — | United Soul Power | |||||||||
| 1991 | "My Body Says Yes"(byTitiyo) | — | — | — | 42 | Titiyo | |||||||||
| "Come Back (For Real Love) (The Remix)"(byAlison Limerick) | — | — | 53 | — | singles only | ||||||||||
| 1992 | "Girls"(byTimebomb) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1993 | "Dangerous"(by Swing-A-Ling Sound System) | — | — | — | — | Swing-A-Ling Sound System Volume One | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Release The Pressure"(byLeftfield) | — | — | 13 | — | Leftism | |||||||||
| "Rude Boy"(byLeila K) | 29 | 8 | — | — | Manic Panic | ||||||||||
| 2000 | "Petite Très Chic"(by Elephant) | — | — | — | — | Selected Random | |||||||||
| 2003 | "Girls' Anthem (The Girlie Tune)"(byBeats and Styles) | — | 14 | — | — | This Is... Beats And Styles | |||||||||
| 2004 | "Allstars"(byBeats and Styles) | — | 2 | — | — | single only | |||||||||
| 2006 | "Fira Med Oss"(by Emrik Larsson) | — | — | — | — | Kontrollen | |||||||||
| 2007 | "Take It Back"(byBeats And Styles) | — | — | — | — | Walk, Don't Talk | |||||||||
| "Automatic (Morgan Page vs. Peace Bisquit Radio Mix)"(byUltra Naté) | — | — | — | — | single only | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||
Dagen efter händelsen anhålls Wahlgren för två fall av misshandel varav den senare bedöms som grov. Två dagar senare lämnas häktningsframställan in till Stockholms tingsrätt. […] Men Papa Dee nekar och Andrea har hela tiden hävdat att det inte kan var hennes man som skadade henne. (English translation: The next day, Whalgren was put under arrest for two instances of maltreatment, the second of which was later considered grave. Two days later he was charged at Stockholm's tingsrätt […] But Papa Dee denies the charges and Andrea has consistently upheld that it couldn't be him who caused the injury to her.)
8 OKTOBER Papa Dee åtalas misstänkt för två fall av misshandel av hustrun Andrea Wahlgren. (English translation: 8 OCTOBER Papa Dee was prosecuted on suspicion of two incidents of maltreatment)
Daniel Wahlgren knuffade in sin fru Andrea i en stenvägg. I dag dömdes artisten till dagsböter för misshandel utomhus. Däremot frias han av en oenig tingsrätt från misstankarna om misshandel i bostaden.
Den kände artisten Papa Dee fälldes idag av Stockholms tingsrätt. Han döms till dagsböter eftersom den misshandel - där hustrun är offret - som gått att bevisa endast anses som ringa. (English translation: The well known artist Papa Dee was convicted today by Stockholm's tingsrätt. He was sentenced to pay day-fines since the evidence in the domestic violence case - where his wife was the victim - was only enough to convict him on a lesser charge of 'assault')
Artisten Daniel "Papa Dee" Wahlgren dömdes i dag till dagsböter på 70 á 120 kronor för att ha knuffat in sin hustru Andrea Wahlgren i en husvägg. Åtalspunkten för misshandel av normalgraden ogillades av Stockholms tingsrätt, som dock var oenig i sin dom. Ordföranden och en nämndeman ville fälla Wahlgren även för den allvarligare misshandeln som påstods ha skett i parets bostad i Stockholm.
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