La Pozze Latina was a
hip hop band from
Chile
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active from 1991 to 2000. The group was formed in 1991 in
Santiago
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by Rodrigo Johan Mendez (aka MC Rody or Too Small) who had recently arrived from The Netherlands and was the son of Patricia Vera a political refugee, he made the beats with a drum machine and an Ensoniq sampler. The latter would return to Europe in 1995, leaving
Jimmy Fernández as a frontman who arrived from exile in
East Germany
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in 1993.
Their biggest hits are the ''Con el olor de mi aliento'' (the first Hip Hop video made in Latinamerica issued by
MTV Latino
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), ''Chica eléctrica'' and the coversong ''
Pedro Navaja
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'' from
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in th ...
. La Pozze Latina have been one of the pillars of hip hop in Chile, not only because it was one of the first groups to practice the kind in the country, but also because they placed pioneering rap on local radio stations, before the jump to fame of
Tiro de Gracia
Tiro de Gracia is a Chilean Hip-Hop group formed by the MC's: Lenwa Dura and Zaturno
"Tiro de Gracia" was known for their raw lyrical style. They initially performed using cassette tapes looped by "DJ Raff" former member of " La Pozze Latina ...
and
Makiza
Makiza was a Chilean hip hop group formed in 1997. The group’s music was known for its political and social criticism, with their lyrics often attacking the military dictatorship of Chile. Before breaking up in 2006, the group was one of the ...
.
Jimmy Fernandez (also known as Jimmy Jeffs, Kid Latin, Panama Red), band leader, grew up in
Panama
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, and since 1985 lived in
Italy
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. Fernandez arrived in Chile in 1988, and joined the dance groups restricted who gathered in downtown Santiago. His greatest hip hop genre knowledge earned him a place in the local scene and make friends with bands like the Panteras Negras, Los Marginales, and through them, to Pedro Foncea, from
De Kiruza. The group also took the leap to fame of
DJ Raff
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, one of the most important in Latinoamérica
Discography
*Pozzeídos por la ilusión (1993)
*Una nueva religión (1996)
*Desde el mundo de los espejos (1999)
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Chilean rock music groups
Chilean hip hop groups