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ChocQuibTown (Colombia)
Sound: Hip-Hop/ Funk
Their name honors the place from which Afro-Colombian members Tostao, Goyo and her brother Slow all hail: the city of Quibdó in the state of Chocó, one of Colombia's richest areas in resources like gold and sugar (and home to most of Colombia's black population, the second largest in Latin America after Brazil). Formed in 2000, the band has earned worldwide props; last year, they collaborated with France's renowned DJ Oxmo Puccino on the eclectic joint ablum Paris-Bogotá. ChocQuibTown's own opus Somos Pacífico, which dropped late last year, is filled with love and praise for their oft-ignored island.
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