Career
He has been described as "one of Sami music"s foremost performers." Valkeapää has been living in Kautokeino, Norway since 1990. He is godson of Sami artist and joiker Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. He has toured across Norway, including the Nattjazz festival in Bergen, and the Northern Norway music festival Riddu Riđđu in Manndalen, Norway.
His work has been considered part of the "third wave" of modern Sami music culture, which he has done much work on, among others Georg Buljo.