Also known as Kveldens Høydepunkt Years active 1993 to present Website Homepage | Labels Tee Productions Genre Hip hop music | |
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Albums Kidsa har alltid rett, Dette forandrer alt Members Dj Don Martin, Elling Borgersrud, Aslak Borgersrud, Jester Profiles |
Gatas parlament ft supa sayed til ungdommen
Gatas Parlament (English: Parliament of the Street) is a Norwegian group of rap artists. It currently consists of artists Elling Borgersrud and Jester. All current and former members have strong left-leaning political views, and make their feelings on many things, including American president George W. Bush, a common motif in their lyrics.
Contents
- Gatas parlament ft supa sayed til ungdommen
- Gatas parlament ft promoe per vers antiamerikansk dans
- History
- Solo projects of members
- Albums
- EPs
- Street records
- Singles
- Songs
- References

Elling Borgersrud has stood for national election as a minor political candidate for the Red Electoral Alliance.
Gatas parlament ft promoe per vers antiamerikansk dans
History

Gatas Parlament started out in 1993, taking the name Kveldens Høydepunkt (Highlight of the Evening). Don Martin did not take to the name, however, and thus it was dropped. Later, they attended a public speech by Carl I. Hagen, the chairman of the right-wing party Fremskrittspartiet, where they threw eggs and rotten fruit at Hagen. This caused Hagen to comment that gatens parlament ruled the country, and the three rappers stuck with the name (the riksmål-wording of gaten was dropped for gata, more fitting for their sociolect).
During 2007 Gatas Parlament launched a collaboration with Hopalong Knut, a ska band from Trondheim which uses trønder dialect. When the two groups perform together, they call themselves Samvirkelaget (English: the workers' cooperative).

In 2011 founding member Aslak Borgersrud (brother of Elling Borgersrud) quit the band to pursue other interests and was replaced with Jester (Alex Molkom), who had been working as a producer and guest rapper for the band for years. Don Martin left the band in 2015 with some controversy after a period focusing on solo projects.

The band caused controversy in Norway with their video "Antiamerikansk Dans" (Anti-American Dance) together with the Swedish rap artist Promoe and their website killhim.nu ("Kill him Now"), which claimed to collect money for a bounty on the head of George W. Bush. The campaign caused the American embassy in Norway to react, and the website was subsequently shut down. However, the Norwegian police found that their campaign was satirical, and there was no basis for prosecution.
Solo projects of members

Albums
EPs
Street records
Singles

Songs
Antiamerikansk DansFred - Frihet & Alt Gratis! · 2004
BombeflyFred - Frihet & Alt Gratis! · 2004
Spis de rikeFred - Frihet & Alt Gratis! · 2004