Kwan is a hip hop/pop music group from Finland. Most visible members of the band are the two vocalists Mariko (Mari Liisa Pajalahti) and Tidjan (Ossi Bah Tidiane). The band started as a hip hop act, but nowadays the songs contain more singing than rapping.

The first album, Dynasty, sold platinum in Finland, the second one, The Die Is Cast double platinum.

Kwan was formed in 2000 from Pauli Rantasalmi’s and Antti Eräkangas’s initial idea to make hiphop with a live band. The band’s debut album Dynasty went platinum quickly, and Kwan also won two prizes at Finland’s equivalent to the Grammies, the Emma’s. Second album Die Is Cast sold double platinum, and Kwan didn’t get a chance to catch its breath until after the end of their tour in the summer of 2003. Another Emma came their way. After a short and refreshing break the band returned