Yepha Explained

Yepha
Birth Name:Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm
Birth Place:Denmark
Genre:Rap, Urban music, Danish pop
Occupation:Singer, songwriter, rapper, musician
Years Active:20012011 (as UFO Yepha)
2011present (as solo)
Associated Acts:UFO / UFO Yepha

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

See main article: UFO Yepha. Kristian 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

YearSinglePeak positionCertification
DEN
[1]
2012"Det går ned"
(Yepha feat. Niklas)
31
"Ik' gør' det"
17
Featured in
YearSinglePeak positionCertification
DEN
[2]
2009"Skub til taget"
(Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Yepha)
3
  • DEN: Gold
2011"Det stikker helt af"
(Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Yepha)
6
  • DEN: Gold
"Klovn"
(Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Yepha & Casper Christensen)
5
  • DEN: Gold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: danishcharts.dk – Discography Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown. Hitlisten. Hung Medien. 23 March 2012.
  2. Web site: danishcharts.dk – Discography Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown. Hitlisten. Hung Medien. 22 July 2011.