Kjell Andreas Oddekalv

University of Oslo

Kjell Andreas Oddekalv a.k.a. Dr. Kjell a.k.a. Heile Norges Kjelledegge a.k.a. Kjelli Tuna is a rapper-scholar/scholar-rapper working as a postdoctoral research fellow at RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rhythm, Time and Motion, and the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo. Dr. Kjell is also an active recording/performing emcee/singer/multiinstrumentalist in Norwegian hip-hop group Sinsenfist. His research revolves primarily around the analysis of rap – its musical structures, its arrangement and production, and its aesthetics.