Timbuktu (artist)

Timbuktu
Timbuktu at the Grammis Award 2013.
Background information
Birth name	Jason Diakité
Also known as	Timbuktu
Born	(1975-01-11) 11 January 1975 (age 42) Lund, Sweden
Genres	Hip hop, reggae
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1990–present
Labels	JuJu

Jason Michael Bosak Diakité (born 11 January 1975 in Lund), known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a Swedish rapper and reggae artist. Earlier in the mid-1990s, he started as part of the rap group Excel before going solo as Timbuktu. He has won many awards.

He is the son of Madubuko Diakité, a US born Swedish human rights lawyer and academic.

Timbuktu hosted the music aid radio/television show Musikhjälpen from its start in 2008 until 2012.

In April 2010 Arash released a video for "Dasa Bala" featuring Timbuktu, Yag and Aylar Lie, which was directed and edited by Fred Khoshtinat.