Áilu Valle

Ailu Valle is a rap artist from Anár, Finnish side of Sápmi, who raps in Northern Sámi, Finnish and English. He has released three solo albums in Northern Sámi, “Dušši dušše duššat” (2012), “7” (2015) and “Viidon sieiddit” (2019). Valle won the Finnish State Culture Prize in 2019, granted by Taike and the Best Songwriter/ Composer prize of the year, granted by Sámi Music Awards and TONO Norway in 2020. Valle is currently working on an collab album with AMOC, who raps in Anár Sámi language. Valle has also worked as an Northern Sámi voice actor, actor, interpreter, journalist and teacher.