AFC

Allied Forces Crew(AFC) is twin brothers Ramo and Thabo (Aka: Smiley) from Uppsala/Sweden. Smiley, Ramo and DJ A.K. formed the group "Funk Squad" back in 1990. In 1995 they won a nation wide talent search, "Zoom -95", arranged by ZTV and Stockholm records. They recorded the ep "Dedicated" + a video for the title track. Neither the ep or the video were released, but they continued their work under the name Allied Forces (AFC).

Smiley, Ramo and DJ A.K. formed the group "Funk Squad" back in 1990. In 1995 they won a nation wide talent search, "Zoom -95", arranged by ZTV and Stockholm records. They recorded the ep "Dedicated" + a video for the title track. Neither the ep or the video were released, but they continued their work under the name Allied Forces (AFC). In 2001 their first song ever written in swedish,"Kärleksbarn", was released on a compilation album called "Ordkrig". 2002 saw cameos from AFC on a Fjärde Världen b-side and also on Ison & Fille's debut album. At the same time they were working the mixtape scene in Sweden and Norway making more appearances than any other Swedish act trying to create a buzz. In 2003 the "Laddish" ep along with a video was released by Sureshot Records. A publishing contract was signed with Alexis publishing. The year after Ramo and Smiley blew up making guest appearances on 3 hit singles: "Repa skivan" with Petter, "Plan B" with Tungtvann (N) and L.O.C. (DK), and "Upp Med Garden" with Fjärde Världen and Sam-E. That year they went on tour with Petter and preparations were made for an album release. The 2006 album debut was released on their own label,"Slangin' Records", distributed by Universal music. "Varje dag e löning" is an orthodox, hardcore rap record containing raw beats by First heat, Astma & Michel Rocwell, Filthy and Gifted. It also offers a lot of cutz by DJ Will Rock and Kid Sid. With cameos by Ison & Fille, Medina, Petter, Timbuktu, Matte, and Masayah.