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Kamelen

Norwegian rapper (born 1993)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ56406590
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Marcus Kabelo Møll Mosele (born 1993), also known under the stage name Slim Kamel or Kamelen, is a Norwegian rapper from Bergen.

The rapper became famous when he escaped from police custody in 2015 at the same time as he released the single "Si Ingenting" (English: Say Nothing). He signed a contract with the rap collective and record label NMG/G-Huset, and in 2017 he released the album Ambivalent. He was nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2018 in the year's breakthrough class with Gramostipend. Ahead of P3 Gull 2021, he was nominated for the categories artist of the year and song of the year for "Creme de la crème". He won the Spellemannprisen 2021 in the class hip-hop for overall production from 2021.

Biography

He grew up in Bergen. Mosele's youth was turbulent without a father present, and he was sent early to a special school for youth with behavioral difficulties. Mosele himself describes his upbringing as nice, but with a lot of "nonsense and fanfare".

In 2014, Mosele was sentenced to two years in prison for two episodes of violence, where, among other things, he hit a random passerby in the head with cobblestone.

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