Henri Vähäkainu better known by his stage name Gee, formerly Pikku G, is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 rapper from Nurmijärvi

Nurmijärvi

Nurmijärvi is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki.The close proximity to Helsinki has led to a considerable growth of the major villages such as Klaukkala and Rajamäki, which nowadays are considered dormitory towns of Helsinki...

. His former stage name "Pikku G" refers to his small size (= "pikku") and to "Genetic", his old breakdance name.

Music career and fame

Vähäkainu made his breakthrough on radio station YLEX's competition at the age of 15. His debut album Räjähdysvaara was released in 2003. It was the first Finnish hip hop album to sell platinum and it was Finland's most sold record that year. The following year he released another album called Suora Lähetys, but even though it also reached platinum numbers, it sold about one third of his first album's sales.

He published a self-titled book in 2004, and was elected "Finland's most positive celebrity" in the same year.

Personal life

Vähäkainu is from a pentecostalist

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...

 family, but he is not a pentecostalist. He ran for a place in the Finnish Parliament in the 2007 elections from the list of Finnish Centre party. He supported Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhanen

Matti Vanhanen

Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Finland and a former Chairman of the Centre Party. In the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist...

 in 2006 Finnish presidential election

Finnish presidential election, 2006

The Finnish Presidential election of 2006 saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term.The first round of voting in Finnish presidential elections always takes place on the third Sunday of January, in this case 15 January 2006...

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Criminal record

In September 2009, Vähäkainu was convicted of aggravated driving under the influence. He received a suspended sentence of 45 days and was day-fine

Day-fine

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Vähäkainu was investigated due to his alleged involvement of arranging a meeting between a cocaine dealer and potential customers in October 2009, while still on probation. A text message sent by him to the dealer was presented as an evidence in court. He denied any such involvement.

On March 30, 2010 Vähäkainu was convicted of distributing ten grams of cocaine and sentenced to pay 80 day-fines.

Albums

• Räjähdysvaara (2003 - sold 121,204)
• Räjähdysvaara XXL (2003)
• Suora Lähetys (2004 - sold over 40,000)

Singles

• "Shala La La" (2003)
• "Romeo ja Julia" (2003) Romeo and Juliet
• "Me ollaan nuoriso" (2003) We are the youth
• "Kylki kyljessä" (2004) All together