Lasse Mellberg, known professionally as Redrama, born on October 2, 1977, in Helsinki, Finland, is a Finnish rapper and songwriter performing in English, Swedish, and Finnish. Mellberg won the English-language Finnish rap championship in 2001 and issued the inaugural release Redrama EP (2001). Signing with Virgin UK in 2002, Mellberg released the debut studio album Everyday Soundtrack (2003), followed by Street Music (2005), which received an Emma Award for Best Hip Hop Album and a European Border Breakers Award. After joining Gang Starr on a European tour, Mellberg collaborated with Paleface on the 2007 single "Still In Charge", which reached number 4 on the Finnish charts. Mellberg issued the album The Getaway (2009), featuring the single "Music", established the independent label Non-Genre, and released the EP Samma på svenska (2009).
