Daniel Adams-Ray
Swedish rapper, singer, and fashion designer
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Key Takeaways
- Daniel David John Adams-Ray (born 18 August 1983) is a Swedish singer, rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer.
- Background Adams-Ray was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to an Indonesian-Dutch mother and a Swedish father.
- In 1996, the family left Africa for Europe and lived for a year in the Netherlands, where he played football with a very young Arjen Robben.
- His parents owned and operated a plastic-surgery clinic in the area.
- After switching high schools, he started at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan and met Oskar Linnros, his future partner in the band Snook.
Daniel David John Adams-Ray (born 18 August 1983) is a Swedish singer, rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer. He rose to prominence as a member of the hip hop duo Snook.
Background
Adams-Ray was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to an Indonesian-Dutch mother and a Swedish father. His mother was a school administrator and his father a medical surgeon. In 1996, the family left Africa for Europe and lived for a year in the Netherlands, where he played football with a very young Arjen Robben. Later the family left to Sweden, where they lived in Lidingö, an affluent suburb of Stockholm. His parents owned and operated a plastic-surgery clinic in the area. Adams-Ray says he felt very much like an outsider and says he was bullied and called racist slurs. After switching high schools, he started at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan and met Oskar Linnros, his future partner in the band Snook.
He is fluent in English, French, Dutch, German and Swedish. He also speaks quite a bit of Italian and Swahili.
He is related to Swedish journalist Kersti Adams-Ray.
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