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Video of the Week: 4-Year-Old Finnish Rappers

By Emmanuel Hapsis | Oct 08, 2009

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Every Thursday, the KQED Arts blog features a new Video of the Week to help you forget that it isn't Friday yet.

What were you doing when you were four? Laying down tracks for your rap album perhaps? Instead of eating Play-Doh (so salty!) or throwing tantrums in department stores like the rest of us, two over-achieving youngsters from Finland are putting us all to shame with their rapping skillz. In this video called "Yöjuna Rovaniemelle" which translates to "Night Train to Rovaniemi," the duo bust a rhyme about how fun riding the train can be, who gets the top bunk, and the wonders of flushing the toilet. Produced by Anima Boutique, the animated journey reaches maximum adorability when a walrus conductor punches tickets with his teeth. Maybe kids aren't so annoying after all.


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