Diaz (musician)

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Diaz (full name Andres Rafael Diaz Rosa) is a rapper from Jessheim, Norway, born 26 July 1976. His father Rafael is Spanish and his mother Inger is Norwegian. He is not related to Alirio Diaz, who is best known for the best-selling "1000 years of Alirio Diaz" record album.

He has released three albums: 2050,Velkommen Hjem, Andres (Welcome Home, Andres) and Jessheimfanden, all paying homage to his hometown Jessheim, a tiny rural town some 40 km N/NE of Norway's capital, Oslo, close to the city's airport Gardermoen. 2050 is the postal code for Jessheim. Velkommen Hjem, Andres is a reference to the Norwegian film Velkommen Hjem, Anders which was filmed in 1985 in Jessheim with a cast of local actors.

In addition to this he has collaborated on numerous singles and albums by artists like Warlocks, Opaque, Tommy Tee and Wu-Tang Clan's RZA.

Velkommen Hjem Andres album includes the song Mitt Terningkast made in collaboration with Diaz's childhood friends Shagrath and Galder of the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir.

He used to run a recordshop in Oslo, T&D Records, with mentor and producer Tommy Tee. Tommy Tee has also produced much of Diaz's work and runs Tee Productions, the record label that publishes albums from Diaz, Warlocks, Gatas Parlament and others.

Diaz has retired from rap music ^[1] and is currently studying business at the Norwegian School of Management ^[2].