Fazer

Fazer (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈfatser]) is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry.

The company was originally founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian conditory" in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over ten thousand people in Finland as well as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Baltic countries, the United Kingdom and Russia.

Fazer's production is divided into four major areas:

Particularly Fazer's classic chocolate (Fazerin Sininen maitosuklaa) is famous throughout Finland, and the blue colour of its wrapper has been used by Fazer as a symbol for the whole product line. Finns living abroad often request their friends to bring this chocolate with them.

Fazer (disambiguation)

Fazer is a Finnish food company.

Fazer may also refer to:

Richard Rawson

Richard Rawson (born 5 February 1987), better known by his former stage name Fazer, is an English rapper, producer, DJ and songwriter. He is popularly known as the member of hip hop trio N-Dubz releasing three studio albums and winning numerous MOBO awards with the group. Rawson has said that whilst growing up his biggest influences were Tupac Shakur, Biggie, Rakim, T.I. and Jay-Z

Early life

Rawson was born to a Jamaican mother and an English father, and was brought up in Camden Town, London. Fazer first met Dappy when they started attending the same karate class, becoming best friends at school. They attended Haverstock School, with third member Tulisa Contostavlos (Dappy's cousin) attending the school for a while as well. It was at school that the trio became close friends and formed N-Dubz.

Career

N-Dubz

Fazer has been a member of hip hop trio N-Dubz, from the age of 12. They released three platinum selling studio albums and won numerous MOBO awards. N-Dubz released their first album, Uncle B in 2008 followed by Against All Odds and Love.Live.Life in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In 2011 the band announced a two-year hiatus to focus on solo projects. In September 2012 Tulisa confirmed on The X Factor that the group would reform, and later clarified that this would probably not happen until 2014.