Portuguese hip hop more usually known as Hip Hop Tuga is the Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 variety of hip hop music

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

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Hip Hop Tuga is different from mainstream hip hop because it has strong influences from African music from Lusophone

Lusophone

A Lusophone is someone who speaks the Portuguese language, either as a native, as an additional language, or as a learner. As an adjective, it means "Portuguese-speaking"...

 Africa

Africa

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, Reggae

Reggae

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, and Portuguese Fado

Fado

Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...

. It is often performed by African-Portuguese artists, descendants from African immigrants that came to Portugal after the independence of its former African colonies.Hip-hop tuga is a truly unique music style. Artists such as Valete, Sam the Kid, Regula, Mind The Gap, Boss Ac, Dealema, Mc Ruze, MK aka Nocivo and Reflect are among the most popular artists.

Popular Hip Hop Tuga artists

Popular artists performing in the Hip Hop Tuga genre and who have gathered many followers in the underground subculture include Valete

Valete

Valete is a Portuguese language political hip hop artist named Keidje Lima that has enjoyed some critical success in his home country of Portugal.-Life & music career:...

, Da Weasel

Da Weasel

Da Weasel was a Portuguese hip-hop band from Almada, fronted by MCs Pacman and Virgul. They were one of the oldest hip-hop projects in Portugal, having been created in 1993 and terminated in 2010, and notorious for being a full session band, instead of relying on a DJ and samples...

, Boss AC

Boss AC

Boss AC is a Portuguese rapper originally from Cape Verde. His albums include "Preto no Branco","Ritmo, Amor e Palavras" , "Rimar contra a Maré" and "TPC"....

, Sam the Kid

Sam the Kid

Samuel Martins Torres Santiago Mira , better known by his professional stage name, Sam the Kid, is a Portuguese rapper and producer.-Life & music career:...

, Filhos dum Deus Menor,Dealema, Mind Da Gap, Micro and DJ Bomberjack. DJ Nelassassin has won the Portuguese DMC and has represented Portugal abroad in Hip Hop gatherings.

Graffiti artists include, among others, Mosaik, Caos, Colman, Uber, Quê?, Dheo, Odeith, sken, WeA, esor, Risko, osir, Ram, Vhils, Oker and Kayo.

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External links

• - www.hiphoptuga.org - Portuguese HipHop Portal, containing news, events, interviews, new Portuguese rap
• - www.fr33world.com - Portuguese HipHop Portal, containing news, events, interviews, 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 ,...
• Sub-Solo - Entra e mostra o que vales...
• TugaTech - Tuga Hip-Hop music