Slow J
Slow J is the stage name of João Barbosa, one of the most prominent artists in the Portuguese music scene, particularly in the rap and hip-hop genres. His career is marked by a fusion of influences from rap, soul, R&B,…
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Orelha Negra
Orelha Negra is a Portuguese band formed by DJ Cruzfader (mixing and scratching desk), Francisco Rebelo (bass), Fred Ferreira (drums), João Gomes (keys and synthesizers) and Sam The Kid (MPC, programming and synthesizers). Linked to hip hop, they incorporate various…
Wet Bed Gang
Wet Bed Gang is a Portuguese rap and hip hop tuga group from Vialonga. The group was formed in 2014 by João “La Bella Mafia” Rossi and Pizzy. The group consists of four Portuguese singers and rappers with the stage…
Sandro G
Source: last.fm Sandro G. was born in Sao Miguel Acores, the islands of portugal. His family immegrated to the united states when Sandro was 9 years old, as a child Sandro used hip hop music to learn the english language.…
The Portuguese hip-hop classics that made history
Source: timeout.pt It started in Portugal in the late 1980s; late, if we compare it to the work that was already being done on the other side of the Atlantic. But that didn’t take away his hunger or strength. In…
Mundo Segundo
Mundo Segundo (born Edmundo Silva, Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, 1978) is a Portuguese MC, producer and former b-boy. He is an unavoidable hip-hop figure and one of the movement’s most active ambassadors in Portugal, best known for being one…
Dillaz
Dillaz is one of the most respected artists in the context of Portuguese Hip-Hop, with a very well defined identity. He seeks to innovate at every moment and in each project he is dedicated to, always showing an unparalleled dynamic.…
Dealema
Dealema is one of the oldest Portuguese hip hop groups. Formed in the 90s, with members from Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto, it was born from the merger of the group Factor X (Mundo Segundo, Mike and DJ Guze)…
General D
Sérgio Matsinhe (Lourenço Marques, October 28, 1971), better known as General D, is a Portuguese rapper of Mozambican descent and one of the precursors of Rap and Hip hop in Portugal. At the age of two he came to live…
Líderes da Nova Mensagem (Leaders of the New Message)
“Lideres da Nova Mensagem” were a Portuguese hip-hop band from Almada, from the late eighties and early nineties. Formed by MC Nilton, Pio MC, Beat Box King, Hugo Costa (Cyber G.), Pedro Manaças and DJ Jaws T, they actively participated…
Chullage
Chullage, artistic name of Nuno Santos, is a Portuguese rapper son of Cape Verdean parents. Activist and administrator of a social support association in Arrentela. He currently has three albums edited. He was born in Lisbon in 1977 and raised…
Capicua
Capicua was born in Porto in the 80’s, discovers Hip Hop culture in the 90’s (first through graffiti and then through music), going from being a mere listener to becoming a Rapper apprentice in the 00’s. A sociologist by training,…
Valete
Valete, stage name of Keidje Torres Lima, is a Portuguese rapper, of Santomean origin. He began to actively participate in the hip-hop movement in Portugal in 1997. He is known for his anti-capitalist, left-wing agendas that portray social issues in…
What is actually… Hip Hop Tuga
Also known as Portuguese Hip Hop, this genre arrived in the Portuguese country in the 80s, but became much more popular in the following decade. At first, the style invaded the suburbs of Lisbon. Regions such as Maia, Amadora and…
Allen Halloween
Portuguese alternative and horrorcore rapper, singer and producer from Odivelas, born August 4th 1980 in Guinea. He began rapping in 1995/96, and was a founding member of Youth Kriminals in 1999. Considered one of the great names of new Portuguese…
Expensive Soul
Expensive Soul is a musical group from Leça da Palmeira, composed by António Conde, known as Demo (MC), and Tiago Novo, known as New Max (singer/MC/musician/producer). They started in 1999, but only in 2004 they became better known with the…
Sam The Kid – Rap/Hip Hop
Sam The Kid (also known as STK), stage name of Samuel Mira, is a Portuguese rapper and music producer. Samuel Mira fell in love with rap around 1993. The release of his first album, Entre(tanto), in 1999, was influenced by…
Da Weasel
Da Weasel is a Portuguese hip hop band formed in 1993. In 2010, the band confirmed its end, which proved to be a hiatus after resuming activity in July 2019. The beginning They were born in the middle of 1993,…
