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| Cultural origins | Early 1990s,Almada (Portugal) and former colonies of thePortuguese Empire:Mozambique,Angola,Cape Verde,São Tomé and Príncipe,Guinea-Bissau[1] |
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Portuguese hip hop (Portuguese:Hip hop português), more commonly calledhip hop tuga ("tuga" here being a slang for "Portuguese"), is thePortuguese variety ofhip hop music. It differs from mainstream hip hop because it has strong influences from African music, fromLusophone Africa,reggae,zouk andfado[according to whom?][citation needed].
Artists such asValete, Lancelot andSam the Kid are among the most popular. Old school Portuguese hip hop artists includeGeneral D, Chullage,Boss AC,Mind Da Gap,Dealema, Fuse, Mundo Segundo, Regula,Da Weasel, Allen Halloween and Sir Scratch.
The founder of hip hop tuga was rapperGeneral D[citation needed]. Born in Maputo, Mozambique, General D moved to Lisbon at a young age and, even though he held a Portuguese passport and was heavily influenced by American rap, he always merged his music with his own Mozambican roots. He was the first rap-oriented artist of any kind to have a legitimate recording contract in Portugal. In 1994, he signed withValentim de Carvalho, a Portuguese division ofEMI Records, with whom he recorded two albums:Pé Na Tchôn, Karapinha Na Céu (1995) andKanimabo (1997). Intelligent and charismatic, the general public and media liked General D., even though his lyrics were often veryanti-establishment.[2][3][4]
Californian hip hop artist and poetIthaka (also known as: Ithaka Darin Pappas) is often included in the hip hop tuga community because he lived and recorded in Lisbon during 1992-1998 and was among the first wave of artists working with hip hop in Portugal. There he completed his first two (of eight) albums;Flowers and the Color of Paint (1995) andStellafly (1997). His 1995 song "Escape from the City of Angels" (featuring Lisbon'sMarta Dias) was included in the soundtrack ofAntoine Fuqua's U.S. feature film directorial debutThe Replacement Killers (Columbia Pictures) starringChow Yun Fat,Mira Sorvino,Clifton Collins Jr. andMichael Rooker.The song also appeared on the showGood Girl's Don't onOprah Winfrey'sOxygen Channel.[5][6]
In a 2017 article inRimas e Batidas titled "Os Álbuns Mais caros Do Hip Hop Português" ("The Most Expensive Portuguese Hip Hop Albums"), the journalist Hugo Jorge explains that the most sought after and used hip hop tuga records were made by Da Weasel, Fuse,Orelha Negra, Mind Da Gap, Micro, XEG, Mundo Segundo, Dealema and DJ Bomberjack.[7]
The new school rapperPiruka has the most watched hip hop tuga song onYouTube, which is "Se Eu Não Acordar Amanhã".[8]
On March 8, 2019, a large concert took place called "A História Do Hip-Hop Tuga" (The History of Portuguese Hip Hop) at theAltice Arena, part of theParque das Nações complex, in Lisbon. The show, produced by Música no Coração, featured many of the founding fathers of hip hop in Portugal, many with their roots directly from Africa. Performers includedGeneral D,Boss AC, Black Company, Chullage, NBC e Sir Scratch.[9][10]
