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Danish Hip Hop Queen Karen Mukupa
Karen Mukupa is a Danish-Zambian rapper from Copenhagen and she has been dubbed the Danish hip hop queen. In her new album Human, she raps about her mixed race.
CD cover of Karen Mukupa’s latest album “Human.” (Photo: karenmukupa.com)
Karen Mukupa is a Danish-Zambian rapper from Copenhagen and she has been dubbed the Danish hip hop queen.
Her first big gig was opening for the US hip hop queen: Queen Latifah back in 1990.
In her new album Human, Mukupa sets politics and bling aside and instead raps about her mixed race