Domingo Edjang Moreno (born 28 April 1977), better known by his stage name El Chojin (pronounced as in Japanese , not with a
Spanish ''J''), is a Spanish rapper and songwriter. He is the current
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holder for most syllables rapped in one minute.
Early life
Chojin was born in
Torrejón de Ardoz
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, Madrid, to a father from
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and an
Extremadura
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n (Spanish) mother.
Career
El Chojin takes his name from the Overfiend in the
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''. During the first part of his rap career, he was a member of the WFN crew ("Wild for da Night"), so called after a
Rampage/
Busta Rhymes
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song of the same name.
Hip Hop Directo interview
/ref> He was later part of the group 995 and with them released four albums.
As a solo artist he has put out twelve LPs as of 2013, including ''Cuando Hay Obstáculos...'' and ''...Jamás Intentes Negarlo'' (the initials of those two titles spelling out C.H.O.J.I.N.). After his first five full-length solo records, in 2004 Chojin returned with a demo, ''Rap por placer'', available as a free download.
In early 2005, his eighth LP ''8jin'' was released. The record tackles such issues as professionalism in rap and violence against women. The album cover was chosen from among almost 400 submissions, from a contest organized by the rapper through his webpage.
In 2007 he released ''Striptease'', an album in which he "bares" his soul. It is a collaboration with various producers, both veteran and new, and includes instrumentation such as guitars, harmonicas, pianos, and a gospel
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chorus. The following year he released ''Aún rap por placer'', a follow-up to his previous demo, consisting of six solo tracks and one featuring Duo Kie. Like its predecessor, it could also be legally downloaded for free.
In March 2009, he released ''Cosas que pasan, que no pasan y que deberían pasar'' (''Things that Happen, Don't Happen, and Should Happen''), a 30-track album with a diverse array of contributors, including Locus from Duo Kie, Maika Sitté from blues
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band Red House, comedian El Gran Wyoming
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, and singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute
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, as well as others.
Chojin is known for the social commentary of his lyrics, his solo record ''Mi turno'' being perhaps his most "radical" work. He avoids coarse language in his music, and his raps also frequently espouse non-violence
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, anti-racism
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, and warn of the dangers of drugs
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and alcohol. One of the main themes covered on most albums is the discrimination against and general mistreatment of immigrants. Although, being born and raised in Spain, he is not an immigrant himself, he is well aware of the problems they face. As is reflected in his songs "Yo no soy de esos", "Mami, el negro está rabioso", and "Cara sucia", he has suffered such discrimination due to the colour of his skin. He also is known for his track "Lola", promoting condom use, which came to be used in a Barcelona
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contraceptive awareness campaign. Amnesty International
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used one of his songs (featuring Meko
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and Kraze Negroze
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) for their "Ponte en mi piel" ("Put Yourself in My Skin") campaign, another attempt to raise awareness, this time regarding immigration, and, with the release of ''8jin'', Amnesty selected "El final del cuento de hadas" ("The End of the Fairy Tale") for a campaign against gender-based violence Gender-related violence or gender-based violence includes any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification.
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.
In addition to lyrics, Chojin has also written poetry and various articles. In 2007, he wrote and starred in ''El alma de Alexander Oboe'' (''The Soul of Alexander Oboe''), a play
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* Play (theatre), a work of drama
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produced by Casa de los Pueblos, which debuted at the Festival Madrid Sur and went on to tour various theatres in Spain. While finishing and preparing for the launch of his first book, ''98 rimas y 7 leyendas'' (''98 Rhymes and 7 Legends''), he has collaborated on movie soundtrack
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s such as ''Tánger'' and created what he calls "the first rap opera
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in Spanish", entitled ''Rimas para todos los públicos'' (''Rhymes for All Audiences'').
Since 28 January 2010, El Chojin has appeared every Wednesday on Noticias 2, performing a rap summarizing the week's news.
World record
On 23 December 2008, El Chojin appeared on Telecinco
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in an attempt to break Rebel XD's record, but failed to rap more than 852 syllables within 42.2 seconds. El Chojin did however create his own separate record from Rebel XD, where he took 1 minute to rap 921 syllables, which came out to be 15 syllables per second on his song titled "Vo-ca-li-za". Rebel XD rapped 20 syllables per second.
As of January 2015, no one has beaten the 852 syllables in 42 seconds record, or the 921 in 60 seconds record, except Outsider
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* ''Outsider'' (1997 film), a 1997 Slovene-language film
* ''Outsider'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language Indian film
* ''Outsiders'' (1980 film), a South Korean film featuring Won Mi-kyung
Literature
* Outside ...
whose attempt did surpass El Chojin by 2 syllables per second but wasn't accepted because he rapped in Korean.
Discography
With 995
* ''995'' (2001)
* ''II'' (2002)
* ''III: Kompetición'' (2003)
* ''K2 – Kompetición II'' (2004)
Solo releases
* ''100% = 10.000 (Mi estilo)'' (maxi) (Revelde Discos, 1997) – ''100% =10.000 (My Style)''
* ''Mi Turno'' (LP) (Revelde Discos, 1999) – ''My Turn''
* ''El nivel sube'' (LP) (Revelde Discos, 2000) – ''The Level Rises''
* ''Lola'' (maxi) (Boa Music
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, 2001)
* ''Sólo para adultos'' (LP) (Boa Music, 2001) – ''Adults Only''
* ''Cuando Hay Obstáculos...'' (LP) (Boa Music, 2002) – ''When There Are Obstacles...''
* ''...Jamás Intentes Negarlo'' (LP) (Boa Music, 2003) – ''...Never Try to Deny It''
* ''Rap por placer'' (demo) (independent, 2004) - ''Rap for Pleasure''
* ''8jin'' (LP) (Bombo Records, 2005)
* ''Rap positivo'' (maxi) (PIAS Spain, 2007) – ''Positive Rap''
* ''Striptease'' (LP) (PIAS Spain, 2007)
*
Aún rap por placer
' (demo) (2008) – '' Still, Rap For Pleasure ''
* ''Cosas que pasan, que no pasan y que deberían pasar'' (LP) (Boa Music, 2009) – ''Things that Happen, Things that Don't Happen, and Things that Should Happen''
* ''El ataque de los que observaban'' (LP) (Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L., 2011) – ''The Attack of Those Who Were Observing''
* ''I.R.A. (Instinto, Razon, Autobiografia)'' (LP) (Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L., 2013) - ''I.R.A. (Instinct, Reason, Autobiography)''
* ''Energía'' (LP) (Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L., 2015) - ''Energy''
* ''Recalculando ruta'' (LP) (Frida Ediciones, 2017) - ''Recalculating route''
Collaborations
* El Meswy "Tesis doctoral" (1997)
* Frank T "Los pájaros no pueden vivir en el agua porque no son peces" (1998)
* Frank T "La gran obra maestra" (1998)
* Black Bee "La Homilía" (1998)
* Zeta "Hacia el infinito" (1999)
* Zeta "Guateque" (1999)
* Zenit "Sólo para adultos" (2001)
* DJ Paco aka DJ Jam "69 Studio el plan perfecto" (2001)
* Makamersim "Original Dancehall" (2002)
* La Konexión "Destilando stylo" (2003)
* Meko y Kraze "AK-47" (2003)
* Jefe de la M "Entra el dragón" (2003)
* Bombo Records "Kompetición" (2003)
* Duo Kie "El rap es esto" (2004)
* Meko "Zona de guerra" (2004)
* Bombo Records "K2: Kompetición II" (2004)
* Destroyer "Amor por esto" (2005)
* Lydia
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"El final del cuento de hadas" (2005)
* Panzers "Resurrección" (2005)
* Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop "Sangre, sudor y furia" (2005)
* Various artists "Tiempo de kambio" (2006)
* Black Bee "Génesis" (2006)
* Dlux "Encadenadas"(2007)
* Estado Mental "Ahórrate el psicologo"(2007)
* Duo Kie "21-centímetros"(2008)
* Nach
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* Nach (Bible acronym), an acronym for ''Nevi'im'' ''Ksuvim''/''Ktuvim'' (the Prophets and (Holy) Writings of ''Tanach'')
* Nach (rapper), Spanish rap performance artist Ignacio Forné ...
"Hemos creado un monstruo"
* Morodo, Meko, Ose & Black Bee "Estoy cansao"
* Frost and MC Say "2 legendarios" (2009)
* Akil Ammar "Singular" (2016)
Videography
*
Si mi chica se llamara Shakira
*
Superhéroe
*
Quisiera ser
*
No más
*
Lola
*
Rap contra el racismo
See also
* Spanish hip hop
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* NoClue
* Outsider
Outsider(s) may refer to:
Film
* ''Outsider'' (1997 film), a 1997 Slovene-language film
* ''Outsider'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language Indian film
* ''Outsiders'' (1980 film), a South Korean film featuring Won Mi-kyung
Literature
* Outside ...
* Rebel XD
References
External links
Official webpage
Online store
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1977 births
Living people
Spanish male rappers
Spanish people of Equatoguinean descent
Singers from the Community of Madrid
People from Torrejón de Ardoz