This weekend, Dree Low wrote on his Instagram that he is ending his music career to "focus on what is better."

And even if the speculation immediately started, it is not known why Salah "Dree Low" Abdulle chooses to end his career.

The rapper's former producer Matte Caliste tells P3 that all songs will be removed in the near future.

- To say that you should stop with music is a common PR trick for artists.

Niki Minaj, Jay Z, Chris Brown.

There are many examples.

The difference here is that Dree Low has actually removed parts of its directory from the streaming services.

For example, he has removed his breakthrough album Flawless.

It contained his big hit song Pippi, says Kulturnyheterna's Mariana Benyamin Sir, who has covered the Swedish hip hop scene for several years.

"Like a pop artist - even though he does hip hop"

Dree Low was named the artist of the future at the Grammy Awards 2020 and was also nominated in the Song of the Year category.

Last year, he was one of the most played artists on Swedish Spotify.

Like several of the young rappers of recent years, he has mainly reached out with his music via social media, without having any major record label behind him.

- He has been much more than just hip hop.

His music has topped both the singles chart and the album charts, and has reached beyond the hip hop genre.

The magazine Rolling Stone, for example, did a report on how he, as an independent artist, managed to reach so many listeners, says Mariana Benyamin Sir.

In November 2021, Dree Low was sentenced to one year in prison for robbery.

He released his latest album Priceless in March last year, and has since released several singles.

That he stops making music, what does this mean for the Swedish rap scene?

- It is just one of several events that affect.

If we look at the music scene two years ago, it was dominated by artists who today are completely silent.

This makes the throne empty, and hip hop is a competition so someone has to take this place.

Whether there will be more party music or more political music remains to be seen.

But there is a shift going on, says Mariana Benyamin Sir.