10 Things You Didn’t Know About Admiral P

Philip Boardman was born on the 27th of March 1982
He is known by his stage name Admiral P
P is best known for his commercial breakthrough single “Snakke litt” (2011), which reached No. 4 on the VG-lista singles chart
His 2012 single “Kallenavn” reached No. 2 in Norway and also received airplay in Sweden, which is unusual for Norwegian language records
Boardman was born in Lusaka, Zambia to a Zambian mother and his Norwegian father Tom Boardman, and grew up with the street culture and music of the less privileged neighborhoods
He regards Nyanja as his first language, Norwegian and English as second languages
At the age of 10 he attended a Shabba Ranks concert, which he has cited as a large influence in the decision to become a reggae artist
In 1995, when he was 13, his family moved to Oslo, Norway because his father was terminally ill and they reasoned that he would receive better healthcare in Norway
As he grew older he hooked up with fellow reggae enthusiasts such as Selecta “Lion” Daniel and long-standing partner Nico D, and in 1999 they formed the Reggae/Dance Hall collective Jah Ark Manifest (JAM)
In 2008 the mixtape “Muzical Bullit – The Admiral Story” was released and distributed on concerts, and in some independent music stores