Mapei

Mapei is a Swedish-American multi-artist, singer, rapper and songwriter. Curiosity is a recurring theme in Mapei's creative world, she is musically very versatile and has never followed any predictable paths. Additionally, to her music career, she’s experienced as a theater monologue director at the theatre in Stockholm, Sweden and short film producer.

Mapei did her first demo at the age of twelve. She's been called "Scandinavia's best rapper ever" by the artist Timbuktu, been chased by paparazzi in Brazil, performed on David Letterman's talk show and toured with John Legend. During her 15 years as an artist, she has had a global hit with the track "Don't Wait", released three albums with a total of over 230 million streams globally and awarded the Publishers' award for ”Lyricist of the Year”. Mapei moves seamlessly like a musical chameleon between genres. She has collaborated with artists such as Swedish House Mafia, Major Lazor, Robyn and Timbuktu to name a few.

In 2014 she got a global hit with the track "Don't Wait" from her debut album "Hey Hey". The song, which today has over 100 million streams, took her on a journey including countless interviews, guesting David Letterman, placement on the Billboard charts and Grammy nominations. Several remixes were also made, for example by the legend Freddie Knuckles, the founder of the Chicago House genre, and Chance The Rapper.

Curiosity is a recurring theme in Mapei's creative world, she's a musical chameleon and have never followed the predictable flow. Her follow up studio album “Sensory Overload” released in 2019 is considerably different from the album "Lullabies" which was created shortly after Mapei became a parent.

In fall 2023 Mapei took another leap in her career, taking part of Sweden’s biggest TV show for musicians, interpreting each other’s songs. She released six tracks, including an interpretation of Eagle Eye Cherry’s big hit “Save Tonight”. New music is in store in 2024, followed by a tour in spring and summer.