Trim Ademi (Albanian:[tɾiˈmˈadɛˈmi]; born 29 February 1992),[1] known professionally as Capital T, is a Kosovo-Albanian rapper, singer and songwriter.[2][3] Born and raised in
Pristina, his uncle introduced him to music and rapping at an early age. He rose to recognition in the
Albanian-speaking world, after the release of his first two
albumsReplay (2010) and KAPO (2012).[4] Due to the success of his albums, he founded his own record label Authentic Entertainment.
Ademi commenced his early music career in 2008 and debuted with the single "Shopping" by 2po2 featuring Capital T. The same year, he released his second single "1 Mëngjes" in collaboration with Albanian singer Adelina Thaqi.[2] The following year, he released almost three singles including "Shum Nalt" in collaboration with 2po2 and Albanian singer
Dafina Zeqiri. In 2010, he announced his debut
studio albumReplay and released the record in the same year. That year, he participated with Eni Koçi in the 11th edition of
Kënga Magjike with the song "Diva".[9] The singer released his debut
studio album "Replay" in 2010, his second album "Kapo" in 2012 which was followed by his third album "Slumdog Millionaire" in 2015.[2] His fourth album "Winter Is Here" was released through Authentic Entertainment in 2017 and achieved commercial success in Switzerland whereas it debuted on the
Swiss Album Charts at number sixty-nine. In June 2016, he won the award for the "Video of the Year" at the
Top Music Awards 2016.[10]in 2024 he also did a concert which was held in prishtina aside the Fadil Vokrri stadium
2019–2020: Skulpturë
In February 2019, Ademi released the follow-up single "Kujtime" and reached number 22 in Albania.[11][12] Another pair of charting singles, "Hookah", "200 ditë" and "
Akull", followed throughout the year with the latter peaking at number two in Albania and 64 in Switzerland.[13][14][15][16] His later released singles, with artists such as
Capital Bra,
Ardian Bujupi and King Khalil, have charted in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[17][18][19][20] In 2019, Ademi released six singles throughout the year, including "Syt e tu", "Yalla" and "
Akull", the latter reaching number two in
Albania and sixty four in
Switzerland.[21][22][23] In July 2019, he collaborated with Albanian singer
Elvana Gjata on her number one single "
Fustani".[24] In September 2019, he held his first concert titled "Time Capsule" at the
Mother Teresa Square in
Tirana.[25][26]
In November 2019, he announced that he had started working on his upcoming fifth studio album Skulpturë.[27][28][29] In January 2020, he released the lead single, "
600Ps", from the aforementioned album.[30] His second single from the album, "
Je t'aime", followed a month later, in February 2020.[31] In April 2020, he released his third single "FLEX", which was a great success.[32] In May 2020 he published another single called "Flawless".[33] In June 2020 he published a song featuring
Ledri Vula, called DMP.[34] In July 2020, Ademi started releasing songs from his album Skulpturë,[35] first one was a feature with Jay1 called "Money",[36] and the second one was "Tu Festu".[37]
2021–present: Heartbroken Kids and continued success
Ademi's upcoming fifth studio album, Heartbroken Kids, was released on 24 December 2021.[38][39] Debuting at number 55 in Albania, "Plan" was released as the record's lead single in on 13 December.[40][41] His follow-up single, "Nashta", was released on 21 December.[42] HBK has 13 songs and features artists like
Mc Kresha, Elinel & Marin.
Activism
Ademi has made contributions to various charitable causes throughout his career. In March 2019, he visited the Down Syndrome Association Kosovo to raise awareness and acceptance to people with the
down syndrome.[43] In November 2019, Ademi expressed his condolences via
social media following the 6.4 magnitude
earthquake in
Albania.[44] He subsequently went on to visit Albania to raise funds for rehabilitation, reconstruction and to support several campaigns.[45][46] In December 2019, Ademi joined the
UNDP Kosovo campaign #EcoKosovo, aiming to mobilise the country's population towards a healthier environment.[47] In May 2020, he extended his support to the
Black Lives Matter movement in connection with the wider
George Floyd protests.[48]
^"Capital TBio". topawards.top-channel.tv (in Albanian).
Top Music Awards. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019. Trim Ademi i njohur si Capital-T kreu shkollën e mesme pranë Gjimnazit "Sami Frashëri" në Prishtinë.