Hip hop Tuga

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Portuguese hip hop (Hip hop português) mostly known as Hip Hop Tuga is the Portuguese variety of hip hop music, although different because it is mixed with African music from Lusophone Africa and reggae. It is often performed by African-Portuguese, descendants from African immigrants that came to Portugal after the independence of the former African colonies. The past 5 years have been productive and names such as Valete, Da Weasel, Boss AC, Sam the Kid (rapper & producer), Dealema, Mind Da Gap, Micro, Matozoo and DJ Bomberjack gathered many followers in the underground subculture. Graffiti artists include, among others, Mosaik, Caos, Colman, Uber, Que?, Oker and Kayo. Da Weasel is a Portuguese musical act that fuses Hip-Hop rapping with funk, dub and hardcore punk instrumentation. Da Weasel, along with Boss AC, are the two most comercially sucessuful Hip-Hop acts in Portugal. [1]

[edit] External links

• XLRap - www.xlrap.net - Portuguese HipHop Portal, containing news, events, interviews, biographies, books, reviews and hosting local radio podcasts

• H2Tuga - www.h2tuga.net - Portuguese HipHop: breakdance, graffiti, rap e DJing. News, event agenda, mp3, interviews, event reviews, ...

• TUGA.FM - Representamos Hip-Hop Tuga - Portuguese Hip-Hop Radio Station ,Online Song Request ,TOP 10 Requests ,Online TUGA Live Events , TUGA DJs , News ,...

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