Ini Kamoze is a Jamaican reggae artist who began his career in the early 1980s and rose to prominence in 1994 with the signature song "Here Comes the Hotstepper".
He made his first single, "World Affairs", in 1981. Kamoze then released a 12-inch single "Trouble You A Trouble Me"/"General" in 1983.
His self-titled debut album was released in 1984 as a six track mini-LP on Island Records. In the album notes he describes himself as a "pencil thin... disentangled... six-foot vegetarian". The album was recorded with and produced by Sly and Robbie, with whom he also toured internationally along with Yellowman and Half Pint.
Natiruts formed in 1996 after a barbecue in which lead vocalist Alexandre Carlo proposed the idea of popularizing reggae in Brazil. The band changed its name several times in its early stages, beginning with the name Nativus, which was already taken, then to Os Nativos, then to Natiruts Reggae Power Ao Vivo, which was later shortened to Natiruts.
Natiruts has released six studio albums and five live albums during a career spanning three decades. "Qu4tro" was released in 2002.
The Black Seeds are a reggae inspired musical group from Wellington, New Zealand. Their rock steady song "One By One" became an international hit when it was played in top ranked TV series Breaking Bad. Their music is a mixture of big beat funk, dub, afro music, pop, rock, soul, and roots reggae/ragga.
Formed in 1998, The Black Seeds perform with eight members, with instruments including vocals, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums, bongos, keyboard and wood block. Black Seeds first album, Keep on Pushing, was released 2001 following a number of live performances.
Igor Salify discovered Reggae at the age of 7. Singer, composer and self-taught guitarist, he followed in his father's footsteps, treading the paths opened by his idols, in the Jamaican school of Reggae Music, and in particular the great icon, Bob Marley.
"O peão e o Rei”, which contains 7 tracks, and takes the public to different types of soundscapes, distinct and complementary, which also includes, in a very natural way, Portuguese and English in the lyrics.
The album was released in 2013.
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Jones's musical career began in 1989 as he adopted the moniker of "Nasty Nas" and recorded demos for Large Professor.
Nas's debut album, Illmatic released in 1994, received universal acclaim upon release, and is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.
Born in Salvador, Buhr grew up in Recife, where she started collaborating as a percussionist with several traditional maracatu groups. In 1997 she co-founded the band Comadre Florzinha, serving as singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and album cover illustrator.
In 2011 she released her second album "Longe de Onde".
O Rappa was a Brazilian reggae/rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Combining many styles such as rock, reggae, funk, hip hop and samba, Many of O Rappa's songs contain sharp protests against the social problems in Brazil and the members of the band themselves are supporters of numerous social projects.
In 1993, reggae artist Papa Winnie came to Brazil but had no band to play shows with him. He immediately picked four people: Nelson Meirelles, Marcelo Lobato, Alexandre Menezes and Marcelo Yuka as the band. After Papa Winnie's shows, the four decided to stay together picking Falcão as the 5th member and vocalist.
In 1994, they released their first album, on Warner, O Rappa. It was initially only known to small groups within the working class suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal.
Its self-titled fifth album, Metallica, released in 1991, was the band's first not to root predominantly in thrash metal; it appealed to a more mainstream audience, achieving substantial commercial success and selling over 16 million copies in the United States to date
The RZO (also known by the acronym Rapaziada da Zona Oeste) was a Brazilian rap group, founded in 1992, which originated in the periphery of the West Side of São Paulo, in the district of Pirituba.
The group Sandrão, DJ Cia and Helião was responsible for introducing to the artistic market great names of the music scene such as Negra Li, Sabotage, Marrom, DBS and the Quadrilha, U-Time, RHK Function among many others.
The album "Evolução é uma coisa" was released in 2003.
SNJ ("somos nós a justiça", in English as 'we're the justice') is a Brazilian rap group formed in São Paulo, Brazil. Formed in 1996.
In 2000, the first big hit was released with SNJ "Se tu Lutas, Tu Conquistas", a song that was featured on the album "Somos Nós", along with "Viajando na ballada" which had its clip in the category of "best rap video clip " from MTV's VMB in 2001.