Daniel Adams-Ray

Daniel David John Adams-Ray (born 18 August 1983) is a Swedish singer, rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer. He rose to prominence as a member of the hip hop duo Snook.

Background Adams-Ray was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to an Indonesian-Dutch mother and a Swedish father. His mother was a school administrator and his father a medical surgeon. In 1996, the family left Africa for Europe and lived for a year in the Netherlands, where he played football with a very young Arjen Robben. Later the family left to Sweden, where they lived in Lidingö, an affluent suburb of Stockholm. His parents owned and operated a plastic-surgery clinic in the area. Adams-Ray says he felt very much like an outsider and says he was bullied and called racist slurs. After switching high schools, he started at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan and met Oskar Linnros, his future partner in the band Snook.

He is related to Swedish journalist Kersti Adams-Ray. Despite some critics, the band had many hits, received awards from radio station P3, The 2003 Swedish Hip-hop Awards 2003, and best Swedish band at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006. Daniel Adams-Ray won the Swedish freestyle-rap championship in 2004 and was awarded the prize for best Swedish rapper in 2005. and started the fashion label Lagom. During a fashion show in 2009 he produced some music and this led to new songs (with him singing, not rapping). He says his music might be called Kenyan pop-disco-indie-punk.

He had also collaborated with fellow Swede Avicii in a new song Somewhere in Stockholm, which belong to his album Stories. Three years later, he collaborated with Avicii again on a song titled "Ghost". For this single, Adams-Ray is credited under the name HUMAN.

Discography

Studio albums Album Year Chartpeak Certification SWE Svart, vitt och allt däremellan 2010 2 GLF: Platinum 2025 30

Singles Song Year Chartpeak Certification Album SWE Svart, vitt och allt däremellan "Gubben i lådan" 1 GLF: 4× Platinum Döda hjärtan kan slå igen "Bror" — "Stockholms voodoo" — "Avundsjuk på regnet" 33 GLF: Gold — "Hela dagen är inte natt" — "Tunna kläder" 2021 — "Skotthål" 25 Så mycket bättre "Gråt inte mer" 72 "Forever Young" — "Fast för alltid" 79 "När jag blundar" 2022 98 "Numret har ingen abonnent" 2024 — Pandemi, Palestina & Heartache "Hur förklarar man sånt för datorer?" — "Du är nog" 2025 —

Featured singles Song Year Chartpeak Album SWE Döda hjärtan kan slå igen