Paak X Games

Hard to believe it’s already the halfway month of my exchange. So much new and Bergen is finally starting to feel a little like home. This month I finally get the chance to check out a little more of Europe during Easter break. But it’s hard to leave given all the antics going on recently in Norway.

The 17 day festival, UKEN, is underway and it’s been an experience taking pictures and partying with some of these artists. One of them stood out more than all the others. He goes by Anderson Paak and recently his life was flipped up side down by Dr. Dre. He started out working on an illicit farm and then was left homeless a few years ago. He got noticed by Dr. Dre just after and was signed to the prestigious Aftermath Entertainment. Soon after he was having one of the most live Wednesday night performances on the door step of my school in Norway. He plays the drums and raps like no other artist I’ve seen. If interested, I linked the words with corresponding live songs I took. His last performance in the U.S. was for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and he’ll be in Palm Springs for any of the Coachella goers after he’s out of Europe. Props to the business school for picking this guy out.

The last weekend of February was a great one. Canada, France and I took a 60 dollar round trip flight to the capital Oslo, Norway. We were greeted by some of the craziest snow athletes in the world at X Games Oslo. Three straight days of pure blue bird and some of the best atmosphere I’ve been around since arriving here. People watched from all over the world to support their countries skiers and snowboarders. I had plenty to root for considering half of the athletes were from stoney Boulder, Colorado.

The X Games after parties were interesting, to say the least. Here’s a link to a quick highlight of the 5 day event, X Games Oslo.

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