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PK (Joosep Vau, born 03.07.1989) is an Estonian new school rapper best known for his lyrical comparisons and unorthodox flow. He is the founder of the "Parema elu nimel" movement in Estonia, which focuses on the fact that everyone is unique and has the human right to spiritual freedom.

He has been active since 2004 but was on a hiatus for a period due to a condition he suffered in 2007. He has since then appeared in national media talking about the effects on his life and how music has helped him restart.

Early years

In 2004, PK released his first single "Tõrje", which featured an instrumental from s'Poom who was a known solo rapper in Estonia at the time and since then has become the frontman of the old school hip-hop group 5LOOPS.

2005-2007 PK took part of the annual freestyle rap MC Battle, with several encounters with Põhjamaade Hirm, all of which are well known in the Estonian hip-hop community. In 2006, at the age of 16, PK took part of an invite only battle hosted by Õllesummer^[1] which saw the nation's 16 best freestylers go head-to-head. He finished fourth.

Health

On 27 June 2007 at the age of 17, PK suffered a stroke at his home in Tallinn which was said to be almost fatal. After losing every physical function including the ability to speak, he spent weeks in a critical condition plus an additional 2 months in a rehabilitation centre before being released to go home in the fall of 2007. Since then, newspapers and magazines including "Õhtuleht^[2]", "Puutepunkt^[3]" and "Kodutohter^[4]" have published articles about the events that took place in 2007 and how they changed PKs life. The awareness of youth strokes in Estonia has gone up noticeably after 2007. As an outcome of the stroke, the rapper suffers from nerve damage and because of that cannot run, he also has a lack of balance.

After the stroke, PK suffered from depression due to his inability to live an active life while young. He was diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety disorder and spent over a year taking prescription drugs Zoloft, Cipralex and Xanax. During this period, he saw several psychiatrists and psychologists but was never admitted to any facility for mental recovery.

In later years, he has been open about taking the medication and ending that treatment in 2009. He told an interviewer in 2014 that "Xanax started to run out way before it should have" acknowledging a problem.

On 15 March 2015, nearly eight years after his stroke, PK said in an interview that he had "gotten over the incident"^[5] meaning the stroke.

English music

While still on medication, in 2008 PK started to release solo projects again as well as forming a rap/pop group SIGNATURE with James Heckert. They released several English mixtapes over the course of their active years. PK was one of the first Estonian emcees to start making music in a foreign language. In 2011 the group discontinued and PK turned back to Estonian music.

Hiatus

After SIGNATURE, PK had a child and did not make music for the next couple of years. In 2013 he started writing again.

2013-2016, parema elu nimel

In December 2013, he released PK7F - an independent mixtape of seven songs. In the end of 2014, he released a video for his spiritual anthem "Palverännak" ^[6] and an acoustic studio video for the same song as well.

On 27 June 2015 PK released his first studio album Labürint, it was voted as the eighth best hip-hop release in Estonia 2015.^[7]

PK was voted as the 15th best rapper in 2016 and the video for "Parema elu nimel" as the 11th best video. The song got him his own party series which during a period of one year was held every few months in Suhkrumoll, a bar in the Old Town of Tallinn. "Parema elu nimel" parties were about being united together and blocking out all human prejudice as well as believing that anyone can be anyone. The party usually featured new school and trap music and hosts a different performer each time. Names who have performed at the party include Okym, Akar, Utoopia, Fofkin and the most known Estonian female rapper Tiiu among others.

Ideed and Masterhead Records

On the 9th of July 2018 Masterhead Records made an announcement that PK would be joining their ranks. 5 days later on the 14th of July PK released his new EP "Ideed" on Spotify and Apple Music.

Discography

Mixtapes

Albums

Video singles

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ollesummer.ee/|title=Õllesummer homepage|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohtuleht.ee/|title=Õhtuleht|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://etv.err.ee/l/elusaated/puutepunkt|title=Puutepunkt|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.kodutohter.ee/|title=Kodutohter|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://menu.err.ee/283933/insuldi-ule-elanud-noor-rappar-ma-arvan-et-olen-sellest-ule-saanud|title=Räppar PK intervjuu 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/pkestonia/pk-palverannak|title=PK - Palverännak on Soundcloud|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hiphop.ee/edetabelid/2015hiphop/|title=Hip-hop.ee annual awards|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}