Camilla Karttunen
The expected return came and the artist Gettomasa convinced the people of Jyväskylä, up to the mayor, to obey his wishes, writes journalist Camilla Karttunen.
Gettomasa made a return to the stage on Saturday in Jyväskylä. MATTI MATIKAINEN
A changed man. Rap artist Gettomasa has been like that throughout the past year.
An artist who has been one of the top names in Finnish rap for several years, under his real name Aleksi Lehikoinenhas spoken in numerous recent interviews that he realized something new during the break.
Gettomasa, 32, suffered from health problems that also changed the values of his life.
– I definitely understood that my own health must come before success. That there is no amount of money or no amount of hype, status or list positions that can supersede health. It is the most important thought I have received, he previously described to Iltalehti.
Due to health problems, Gettomasa, who spent a couple of years in silence, returned to the performance stage on Saturday in his hometown Jyväskylä.
The expected return went very much the way the artist wanted. When Gettomasa asked for a vote, the crowd obeyed. And when the artist demanded more, the audience danced to the whistle of the town’s own son.
He made the townspeople, all the way up to the mayor, obey his wishes. In January, Gettomasa grinned when he met the mayor Timo Koivisto and expressed his wish for the key to the city.
In the middle of the comeback gig, the first key to the city was handed over to the artist.
– As a thank you for showing Jyväskylä, our hometown, in a great way, Koivisto said.
Gettomasa seemed genuinely taken by this unique tribute. In every way, it seemed that living quietly and focusing on one’s own health was really good for Gettomasa. The artist represented in front of the audience smiling and satisfied and full of energy.
– Huh huh, I went through the sick mill, Gettomasa briefly referred to his experience.
He even promised in the middle of the gig that he would answer social media messages from people suffering from a bulging disc. Immediately he acknowledged how it is not customary to reply to anyone’s private messages, but in this case Gettomasaki is ready for an exception.
The mayor of Jyväskylä, Timo Koivisto, handed over the key to the city to Gettomasa during the return gig. MATTI MATIKAINEN
I feel like I’ve climbed a mountain. I explained my adversity, the world is finally on my side. Such a long story, how do I bring it up? I went to the dark side, I feel like I’m going to die there.
When Gettomasa rapped the previous verses from the one released in March Written in the stars – of his song, he seemed to really mean what he said.
Towards the end of the gig, Gettomasa commented that he was starting to “get into the mood”. At that time, there was more of an old acquaintance on the stage, a threatening and sharp-tongued rapper who takes exactly what he wants. If necessary, for example, the key to the city.